I'm writing about Robert Sharpe's outstanding letter: Higher Education Act
Targets Poor, at Risk Students (11-17-04).

I'd like to add that marijuana is relatively safe in that it has never
caused a documented death from its use. However, marijuana prohibition is
very dangerous. Dangerous because marijuana then is sold only by
criminals. Criminals who often sell other, much more dangerous drugs, and
who offer free samples to their marijuana customers.

For the sake of our children, we need to regulate and control the sale of
marijuana.

Only legal products can be regulated by our government. Only legal
products can be controlled by our government. And only legal products can
be taxed by our government.

Speaking of taxes, it seem to me that non-marijuana users would be very
much in favor of taxing a product that they don't use.

Around here, taxing someone else's vice is very popular.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, AZ