EDITORIAL ON MARIJUANA WIMPED OUT

Thursday's editorial about the U.S. Supreme Court's medical marijuana
ruling was about as wimpy as any I've read ("Keep lid on pot").

Perhaps you're afraid of ruffling feathers on the right by appearing to be
"soft on drugs" while, at the same time, cautiously scolding the Supremes
for misapplying the commerce clause of the Constitution.

Here are the real choices:

Either quit wasting incredible amounts of resources to prosecute hippies
and sick people for growing weeds, or go full-throttle nannyism by
reinstating Prohibition and banning all psychoactive substances.

For our courageous leaders to embrace the brewing and distilling industries
that are directly responsible for the slow deaths of millions of Americans,
while demonizing a comparably benign herb, epitomizes absurdity.

Thursday's clumsy editorial is the pinnacle of this illogical ideology.

PAUL TRANBY

Phoenix