POT LAWS BURDEN LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS

Regarding Scott Herhold's column (Page 1B, July 12), marijuana
prohibition has done little other than burden millions of otherwise
law-abiding citizens with criminal records. The University of
Michigan's Monitoring the Future Study reports that lifetime use of
marijuana is higher in the United States than any European country,
yet America is one of the few Western countries that use its criminal
justice system to punish citizens who prefer marijuana to martinis.
Unfortunately, marijuana represents the counterculture to many Americans.

Robert Sharpe

Policy Analyst

Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington, D.C.