MARIJUANA PROHIBITION IS BUILT ON LIES

Olympian Michael Phelps is in good company. The list of professional
athletes caught using marijuana is long.

Could it be that drug warriors have been lying about marijuana's
health impact? They've definitely been lying about the deterrent
value of marijuana prohibition.

The United States has higher rates of marijuana use than the
Netherlands, where marijuana is legally available to adults over 18.

Marijuana prohibition is built on lies, beginning with the reefer
madness myths of the 1930s and continuing to this day with U. S.
government propaganda masquerading as science.

Truthfully, marijuana is easily the least harmful recreational drug,
legal or otherwise.

If health outcomes determined drug laws instead of cultural norms,
marijuana would be legal.

The question is, will U. S. President Barack Obama bring change or
will he continue to subsidize the prejudices of culture warriors?

Robert Sharpe, Policy Analyst, Common Sense for Drug Policy, Washington, D. C.