OUT OF CONTROL

I have a question for James P. Anderson ["Gone to Pot
(http://www.mountainx.com/opinion/2006/0719letters.php)," July 19]
and the other Jesus freaks who think marijuana is so evil: Who would
Jesus incarcerate?

I believe Jesus would have jumped over the pot peddlers to get to the
evil tobacco sellers and producers. Our annual
tobacco-versus-marijuana kill ratio is about 400,000 to zero.
Worldwide, tobacco is expected to kill a billion people before the
end of this century.

So should we criminalize tobacco? No.

If we criminalized tobacco products, tobacco would soon be
unregulated, untaxed and controlled by criminals - just like
recreational drugs are now. And we would soon have an abundant amount
of "tobacco-related crime."

- - Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.