MARIJUANA ON THE WHARF

To the Editor:

Opponents of the proposed cannabis buyers' club at Fisherman's Wharf
in San Francisco (front page, July 3) cite the potential for increased
crime, suggesting that drug dealers will try to acquire marijuana from
the club illicitly and resell it.

Of course, if cannabis were to be regulated and taxed by the state in
the same way alcohol is, there would be no need for such concern, as
the criminal market for the stuff would disappear overnight.

Sam Ehrlichman

Ithaca, N.Y.