SLOW THINKING

Editor: Seeing politicians react to long overdue changes in marijuana
laws convinces me that cannabis really does cause brain damage, but
not in users. The people losing their minds are prohibitionists who
cannot accept the fact that people are getting wise to the fact that
marijuana prohibition is based on absurd fictions. Failing to
perceive reality accurately and subscribing to patently false notions
is not the sign of a well-balanced mind.

[Planning commission chairman] Michael George's argument that
"marijuana must be patented to be legal" is an example of serious
confusion. Apparently, Mr. George has never heard of the market for
unpatented herbs, which are completely legal.

Floyd Krautner

Bakersfield