GOVERNMENT NOT BEST CHOICE

Mr. Winkler's letter "Legalize pot? Still a bad idea" shows a lack of
understanding on how basic economics and the free market works.
Allowing the government to act as a supplier is his first mistake.
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Government cannot supply anything as well as a private company can,
and if it does, it's at a much higher cost and lower quality. By his
own admission, the feds can't grow marijuana that anyone is interested
in purchasing because it's so bad.

If Mr. Winkler were forced to consume government cheese, visit a VA
hospital, seek tax advice from the IRS or wait on FEMA to help in a
crisis, he would certainly seek help elsewhere. Why doesn't he let
medical marijuana patients do the same?

Mark Bodenhausen

Birmingham