LEGALIZED POT WOULD HAVE REPERCUSSIONS

The headline on the top of the front page of the July 23 Red Bluff
Daily News said, "Corning teacher hit, killed in Chico." The article
went on to state the facts that the teacher was a fifth-grade teacher
in Corning. The article also stated the facts of the accident, that
she was killed by a driver allegedly high on marijuana.

The article on the bottom left of the same front-page headline read,
"Pot legalization impacts will be hard to measure." The article
stated, "Legalizing marijuana in California could give local
governments a revenue boost." The article presented the question if
it would indeed have any positive effects due to the increase in pot
usage and crime related to its use.

There certainly isn't anything hard for voters to figure out on this issue.

Ask yourself these questions: "If my loved one was killed by a pot
smoker, would all the money made in profits from the sale of it
compensate for the loss of my loved one, my mother, my wife, my
child?" "Would all the fifth-graders think it was worth the revenue
earned that would sacrifice their teacher's life so a pothead could
get high?" "Is it OK to put the value of money above the value of
life?" "Should children go hungry because their parents bought pot
with their grocery money so California could get revenue?"

I urge voters to seriously consider the consequences and vote against
making the sale of marijuana legal.

- -- Lois Jolene Cosby, Corning