LIQUOR TOUGHER TO BUY THAN POT

Sherwood Park News -- Someone needs to remind Garnett Genuis that teenagers
are not the only people in the world and that the marijuana laws apply to
everyone for he argues as if teenagers are the only persons affected by the
marijuana laws.

Also, it is curious that Mr. Genuis fails to address the most significant
aspects of marijuana prohibition as it relates to teenagers: Drug dealers
don't card (ask for ID), making marijuana easier for teens to obtain than
alcohol or tobacco, the sale and distribution of which is regulated and the
sale to minors of which is illegal, and; drug dealers sell hard drugs in
addition to marijuana so that the "gateway" Garnett Genuis worries about is
actually created by the marijuana laws and not the marijuana.

Nonetheless, it is refreshing to see this youngster interested in important
public policy issues. I hope that, in the future, he learns to listen
carefully to all sides of an issue before making a judgment and speaking
about it.

Thomas J. Hillgardner

Jamaica, New York