POT LAWS CAUSING MORE HARM THAN GOOD

Your editorial against Question 7 says, "More people will use
marijuana if it is legalized."

In 1999, the "Drug Czar" commissioned a study that found no evidence
that the severity of laws has any effect on use rates. He wishes this
data didn't exist.

You also say marijuana will be more available to young people. It's
hard to imagine a scenario where marijuana is more available to young
people than it already is. Eighty-six percent of high school students
say marijuana is easy to obtain. When asked what substance is easiest
to buy, almost twice as many students choose marijuana over alcohol.

You also claim that we can expect a massive increase in stoned
driving. Anybody that wants to smoke marijuana currently is. Are you
suggesting that the few people who currently don't use marijuana
because it is illegal are going to start using marijuana and then go
break the even tougher DUI laws? We're not buying it.

Our marijuana laws don't work. They make dangerous drug dealers rich
and ruin the lives of otherwise law abiding citizens.

I am one of the 33 Nevada religious leaders who recently came out in
favor of regulating an taxing marijuana. Our current marijuana laws
only appear to be moral. A closer look reveals that, like Alcohol
Prohibition, they are causing more harm than good.

Sister Toni Woodson

Henderson