END MARIJUANA PROHIBITION

Lying to our children is dangerous; subverting our Constitution is very
dangerous. I am sure that Sally Smith (letters, May 27) has her fears about
marijuana, but those are not a valid reason for the continued illegal
application of the unconstitutional prohibition laws. If Smith truly cares
about our youth, then I would suggest an honest health and educational
approach without the transparent fallacies of our current unconstitutional
war on drugs.

As long as marijuana is "illegal" it will not be regulated; it will have
illegal mystique, and it will co-exist with other "illegal" substances. The
scarcity and cost of marijuana lead to experimentation with other drugs,
especially since lies are told to children about marijuana. It puts into
question all information that child has been given, thus further alienating
youth.

Mankind has survived for thousands of years with marijuana personally
available. Only within the last 70 years has prohibition been applied,
contrary to our Constitution, and the results are the mess we have today.

Factual information is readily available, information that shows that there
was a concerted conspiracy by various papermaking, chemical, financial and
other interests in making marijuana overtaxed and then illegal. There is
much evidence that many of these same interests can be shown to be involved
in the mass importation of "illegal," highly profitable and addictive hard
narcotics.

Stand up for your Constitution, for liberty and freedom. It will do our
kids much better than de facto fascism.

KRIS MILLEGAN, Noti