TIME TO END PROHIBITION FOR DRUGS?

To the Editor:

As every physician knows, alcohol is a very addictive drug that truly
destroys lives. Death and disease from alcohol and alcohol withdrawal
are daily occurrences on a vast scale. In my medical practice, I have
never seen someone get sick or die from marijuana, nor go into withdrawal.

It utterly defies common sense to legalize alcohol but not marijuana.
The war on drugs is nonsensical. It only serves to generate enormous
cash profits to criminals and wastes precious resources -- our money
and the lives of law enforcement officials.

Ari Weitzner

New York