MARIJUANA MEASURE

If Californians think legalizing and taxing pot will solve their
economic woes, they should think again. The increased billions in
health and social expenditures related to expanded marijuana use would
be more than any revenue generated.

By far the most compelling economic argument against the taxation of
marijuana is the skyrocketing societal cost. We have seen and paid for
the effects tobacco and alcohol have had on society. Judging from past
experience, marijuana would follow the same path.

Marijuana entrepreneurs and supporters of this campaign don't care
about California residents or California's most valuable resource --
its children. They are in this to make money and to profit off the
innocent.

If passed, this initiative will lead to the destruction of
neighborhoods. It will lead to more domestic violence and child abuse.
It will lead to more addiction.

Calvina Fay

Seminole, Fla.

The writer is executive director of the Drug Free America Foundation.