LEGALIZE POT, AND HEROIN TOO

Editor, The NEWS:

Re: Legislators, media, more addled than potheads, (Editor's Desk, Sept.18)

What evidence can you cite to support your assertion that "dangerous
narcotics" are generally harmful even when taken in moderation? I very
much doubt you can locate any such evidence and further, you will find
no difficulty in finding evidence that your assertion is patently false.

That said, I agree with nearly all you said! We differ only, I
suspect, in that you want to legalize just one illegal drug, marijuana
(perhaps to protect your children or the children of friends and
relatives), whereas I want ALL drugs, heroin included, to be legalized
primarily to protect the children who will otherwise die, as my son
did, from the effects of adulterated street heroin.

One last point. PLEASE stop using that pejorative term, potheads, to
describe those who enjoy using marijuana. It is beneath you.

Alan Randell,

Victoria