FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Kudos to Alan Randell for his outstanding letter, "Elementary logic" (The
Sunday Herald, Jan. 11). I'd like to add that if there is no "free-standing
right" to smoke marijuana, even in the privacy of one's own home, there is
likewise no "free-standing right" to eat what you want.

For every justification for the criminalization of marijuana, there is the
same justification for the criminalization of a long list of potentially
unhealthy foods. Soon you can expect the police to start arresting and
jailing people for eating the wrong (politically selected) foods.

For your own good, of course.

Kirk Muse, Mesa, Ariz.