CITIZENS HAD TO ACT

The Globe's position "against using ballot questions to make public
policy" seems misguided ("A misguided joint initiative," Editorial,
Nov. 7). Responsible citizens should be allowed to choose to use the
relatively safe, God-given plant cannabis (marijuana) instead of
beer, wine, or whiskey with impunity. Cannabis prohibition is the
"mess," not passage of Question 2, and citizens are fixing this mess
the best way possible. Without the ballot initiative, how do citizens
change bad, discriminatory laws? It is saddening to witness The Boston
Globe unable or unwilling to recognize the American democratic
process of progress in action. If the Globe can do a better job of
fixing the cannabis prohibition mess, then it should do it;
otherwise, move out of the way.

Stan White