Reader's View

DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

Kudos to the Idaho State Journal for publishing the opinions of those who
personally are offended by bong shops and their owners. Violet Stephens of
Moreno Valley, Calif., complains about her stolen car stereo, implying that
it was stolen by users of criminalized marijuana. Is it not true that legal
drugs cause exponentially greater damage to society than pot?

Take, for example, her last paragraph, claiming a difference between the
right to bear arms to ensure a free society and the right to peddle drug
paraphernalia to hold captive a society for monetary gain (or political
agenda).

Now, go to any convenience store and make a list of the addictive, deadly
poisons and drug delivery devices pushed to you and your kids. Note that
even though alcohol and tobacco alone cause over seven million annual
global deaths, society continues to be captive and even heavily subsidized
by taxes generated by sales of said poisons.

From Inkom, Glen Hayward's position that owners of bong-selling stores
should have been taken out on the sidewalks and shot, exactly how is that a
lesson to anyone? Is it not the laws against marijuana that contribute to
the degradation and deterioration of morals in our society? Not sure? Try
intellectual honesty, for a change.

Legal drugs kill. Drug war is treason. It's the hypocrisy, stupid.

Jose Melendez

DeLand, Fla.