EXPERIENCE SHOWS MARIJUANA USE DOESN'T GENERATE VIOLENCE

During my 18 years of police service, I was sent to zero calls for
service generated by the use of marijuana. With all due respect to
my colleague, Const. Jay Hutton, his statement about marijuana being
linked to violence is a deliberate non-truth bordering on perjury.

It is irresponsible for a police professional to mislead the paper
and the public with such a statement. Shame on you!

Mr. Barth was correct in his letter. The prohibition of cannabis
causes a great deal of violence, corruption and death. The solution
is to legalize, regulate and tax cannabis. It ain't rocket science.

Officer Howard J. Wooldridge (retired)

Education specialist, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (www.leap.cc)

Washington, DC