SUPPLY AND DEMAND

(Re: "Stoners don't get it," letters, Sept. 1.) I'm writing about Redford
Givens' thoughtful letter. I agree with everything Givens wrote, however
his letter seems to have no connection with the title it was given.

It's the prohibitionists who don't get it. It's the prohibitionists who
seem to think that they can somehow nullify the immutable law of supply and
demand with legislation. It's the prohibitionists who insist that the
easy-to-grow weed remain completely untaxed, unregulated and controlled by
criminals.

It's the prohibitionists who insist that marijuana should only be sold by
criminals. Criminals who often sell other, much more dangerous drugs like
cocaine and meth, and who often offer free samples of the more dangerous
drugs to their marijuana customers. Thus the so-called gateway effect.

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