LEGALIZE POT

I am encouraged to hear serious legal talk about the legalization of
marijuana. For too long we have adhered to the archaic rhetoric
originally propagated by Harry Anslinger, who made Americans believe
that smoking pot and shooting heroin was the same thing.

If marijuana were discovered today, and didn't carry the bad
political baggage, it would be called a godsend. It has proven
medical benefits, it doesn't lead to social deviancy and it's far
better for you than cigarettes.

With the economic climate as it is, to continue to spend billions of
dollars on futile enforcement and prison upkeep is almost comical.
Legalization would also help diffuse the violence in Mexico and take
money away from the dealers at home while putting billions of dollars
into the economy.

In essence, legalizing marijuana would be killing a plague of birds
with one stone. No pun intended.

Christian England

Salt Lake City