PROHIBITION DOESN'T WORK FOR MARIJUANA OR ALCOHOL

Let's face it!

Prohibition of marijuana isn't working. Look at our history of
alcohol prohibition -- it paved the way for underground violence and
power-hungry cartels to grip our nation. Sound familiar? Who might
profit from keeping marijuana illegal?

I say it's time we got smart. The drug war is a miserable failure.
Let's put our resources into options of rehab and education. Prisons,
courts and law enforcement are overwhelmed with trying to enforce
that which is obviously unenforceable.

Human beings will always seek temporary pleasure. Let's help, not
punish, it. It would be in our best interest.

Bonnie Rieger Palm Desert