FAILS TO MAKE SENSE

Dear Editor:

In Cpl Keith MacKinnon's Op Ed titled "common sense" he fails to make
any (sense). His logic drifts around quite a bit, but his conclusion
that legalizing cannabis would somehow add to the woes created by
alcohol use is way off point. The fact is people use cannabis and the
main difference is if it were legal it could be taxed, regulated, and
black markets would disappear. In countries such as the The
Netherlands were its permitted rates of use are much lower than in
Canada or the US, so it cannot be argued that making it legal would
increase use. The fact, back to Cpl MacKinnon's main point about
alcohol being the worst drug, is that if cannabis were more widely
available perhaps people would use less alcohol.

David Lane

Santa Cruz, CA