MARIJUANA DRUG LEGISLATION HELPS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

To the Cigar,

Yes, marijuana possession is still a crime. But it should not be. Marijuana
is a natural herb that has never killed a single person in the 5,000-year
history of its use.

Marijuana is also more than half our so-called war on drugs budget. So why
do we continue to criminalize an easy-to-grow weed?

America's counterproductive drug war and war on marijuana users continues
because it has created a huge bureaucracy of people, industries and
institutions with a vested financial interest in its continuation.

Today, the United States has more prisoners than any other country in
history, primarily because of our drug war. Our 2.1 million prisoners
create hundreds of thousands of relatively high-paying jobs. Many prison
guards with just a high school education make more money than teachers with
master's degrees. Obviously, our priorities are mixed up.

Government employees with drug war-created jobs will do anything and
everything in their power to make sure the drug war never ends. Until we
can solve this problem, our drug war and prisons will continue to grow. And
our personal freedoms will continue to shrink.

Best regards,

Kirk Muse

Mesa, AZ