DEATH PENALTY FOR POT USE

Re: your April 30 editorial, "Pot costs man shot at a liver":

I'm a Libertarian, so I would be opposed to marijuana prohibition
even if I had the same hostile attitude expressed by those who either
benefit from its prohibition or are ignorant of its effects. But what
system of values justifies a death sentence for using marijuana? I
hope The Star will offer the University of Washington Medical Center
an opportunity to answer this question.

- -- George Kosinski, Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada