News (Media Awareness Project) - US MD: PUB LTE: We Don't Need To Lock Up Those Who Use Marijuana |
| Title: | US MD: PUB LTE: We Don't Need To Lock Up Those Who Use Marijuana |
| Published On: | 1999-12-23 |
| Source: | Baltimore Sun (MD) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-05 08:06:56 |
WE DON'T NEED TO LOCK UP THOSE WHO USE MARIJUANA
Hats off to Del. Donald E. Murphy who is proposing legislation to legalize
the use of marijuana in Maryland for medical purposes ("Medical marijuana
get new supporter." Nov. 27).
Congratulations too, to the Howard County Farm Bureau for supporting a
member using the drug to help gain enough weight to endure the life-saving
cancer treatments.
The prohibition of marijuana was achieved by a scare campaign that used
misinformation, outright lies and vicious racism to manipulate a public that
was largely ignorant about the issue.
It's no surprise that the resulting policy of treating marijuana smokers as
criminals is as wasteful and foolish as it is cruel.
Our society has many critical problems crying out for attention and
resources. A supposed need to lock up marijuana smokers is not one of them.
Michael Bardoff
Baltimore
Hats off to Del. Donald E. Murphy who is proposing legislation to legalize
the use of marijuana in Maryland for medical purposes ("Medical marijuana
get new supporter." Nov. 27).
Congratulations too, to the Howard County Farm Bureau for supporting a
member using the drug to help gain enough weight to endure the life-saving
cancer treatments.
The prohibition of marijuana was achieved by a scare campaign that used
misinformation, outright lies and vicious racism to manipulate a public that
was largely ignorant about the issue.
It's no surprise that the resulting policy of treating marijuana smokers as
criminals is as wasteful and foolish as it is cruel.
Our society has many critical problems crying out for attention and
resources. A supposed need to lock up marijuana smokers is not one of them.
Michael Bardoff
Baltimore
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