DEMONIZING DOES DAMAGE

Re: Drug War Invades State Elections.

The idea that sending people to jail for smoking pot benefits the smoker
and society is just plain asinine. Criminalization and demonizing marijuana
damages otherwise productive lives. Even those who do not suffer jail or
fines do suffer damaged attitudes toward the law and society. To make
matters worse, criminal organizations profit from artificially inflated
prices. Money that would go to economically healthy consumption is now
channeled to drug smugglers and distributors.

Now we see that the government wants to use pot as an excuse to spend tax
dollars in political campaigns against selected candidates. People in
political authority who don't know better should not be in government to
begin with. Those who abuse government power are a much greater threat to
our society than those who abuse pot.

Bruce Tapscott, Tampa