RELAXING DRUG LAWS IS STUPID

GREEN BAY - On May 30, the Press-Gazette reported on the state Assembly's
approval of a lower alcohol limit. The article also noted that Mothers
Against Drunk Driving was disturbed about the softened penalties for first
offenders. So am I. Drunk driving kills kids.

On the same day, a report revealed that smoking is bad for your brain. A
study of 2,000 cigarette smokers showed poorer memory at middle age. Two
days earlier, the paper reported that the Canadian government is relaxing
marijuana laws. If tobacco is ruining people's memory and even secondhand
smoke is causing cancer, what in the world would marijuana do? Would we
have sharp people driving safely, or self-inflicted dopes driving
four-wheel cruise missiles?

Yes, we could concoct new medical uses for marijuana, coca plants, opium
poppies and 100 other abused substances. Wisdom would have us control these
chemicals with even tougher laws to prevent accelerated stupidity and more
dead kids.

If Canada's Supreme Court is in favor of decriminalizing marijuana, they
may favor being under the influence themselves. If this is the case, they
should not drive, vote or hold public office. Their judgment is already
impaired.

David Lee Gauthier