MARIJUANA SAFER THAN PEANUTS

Dear Editor,

To urge the continued illegality of marijuana, Frank G. Sterle, Jr.,
[Grass not harmless at all, Nov. 17 Letters, www.langleyadvance.com]
uses a study suggesting that consuming large amounts of marijuana
might exacerbate schizophrenia.

The United Nations says that one per cent of the world's population
suffers from the illness. By Mr. Sterle's logic, since about the same
percentage have peanut allergies that kill hundreds every year and
send thousands to the emergency room, shouldn't peanut butter be banned?

And it seems that marijuana, by Sterle's standards, is even safer than
peanuts, since marijuana has not caused an overdose death in recorded
history.

Jeff Meyers,

Ventura, California