STOP MARIJUANA ARRESTS

About the July 5 letter, "Find a natural high," none of the supposed
harms attributed to marijuana are sufficient reason for arrest,
incarceration or asset forfeiture for possession of any of the far
more harmful albeit approved intoxicants or medications sold.
Marijuana was already accepted as a comparatively safe and effective
palliative long before the Controlled Substances Act. Even the Office
of National Drug Control Policy's chief today concedes the herb is
nontoxic. Hypocrisy is neither a virtue nor an effective means of
reducing addiction.

Jose Melendez

Communications Director

Concerned Citizens Coalition to Criminalize Prohibition

DeLand, Fla.