MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW HAD NO DETRIMENTAL IMPACT

For the record, I consider most marijuana use not to be a criminal
act, but rather just a criminal waste of time. Despite my personal
lack of interest in marijuana, I feel I must comment.

Because of the number of loopholes that exist with the current
Michigan medical marijuana law, I have read viewpoints expressed by
judges, policemen and politicians about how this is "bad" and how this
poorly-written legislation has effectively legalized marijuana, and
that we need to rewrite the law and/or tighten restrictions on it.

But my question is this: Where is the crime spree that was promised if
we legalized marijuana use? It seems that the crime rate has been very
stable and steady, despite how "poorly-written" this law is.

The answer -- which they refuse to accept -- is that effectively
legalizing marijuana has gone almost unnoticed and has been no great
detriment to our daily lives.

Let's tax it like any other vice and start making some money for our
poor state, and continue on with our lives, never revisiting this dumb
issue again.

Brian Mansberger