ROCKY MOUNTAIN HI

If North Americans truly want to reduce honest hard drug addiction
rates ("Anti-drug project gets funding boost", May 25), we must regain
credibility by re-legalizing the relatively safe, socially acceptable,
Godgiven plant cannabis (marijuana).

After all, the reefer madness lies, half-truths and propaganda
government and law enforcement say about cannabis, how do citizens,
and especially youth, know they're telling the truth about meth,
heroin and other dangerous substances?

According to government reports, cannabis is the biggest problem in
North America, not heroin or meth. Today's pot is more like cocaine,
causing cancer and all. Cannabis which has never killed anyone in over
5,000 years of documented use is a Schedule I substance right next to
heroin, while meth is only rated a Schedule II substance -- so heroin
and meth must not be a big deal, right?

Telling the truth about cannabis helps attain credibility with honest
hard drugs. Because honesty is the best policy.

Stan White

Dillon, Colorado