News (Media Awareness Project) - US: PUB LTE: Is America Going to Pot? (5 of 7) |
| Title: | US: PUB LTE: Is America Going to Pot? (5 of 7) |
| Published On: | 2002-11-25 |
| Source: | Time Magazine (US) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-21 19:38:56 |
IS AMERICA GOING TO POT?
The claim that marijuana is a gateway drug is true for one reason: to
buy pot, one must rely on an illegal-drug dealer. This dealer probably
has connections to other illegal substances like cocaine and heroin.
Legalize pot, and the connections will be severed. The government is
wasting too much money fighting a drug that at best has medicinal
value and at worst is not all that dangerous. The war on drugs would
gain credibility if pot weren't enemy No. 1.
BENJAMIN L. MOAN, Flagstaff, Ariz.
The claim that marijuana is a gateway drug is true for one reason: to
buy pot, one must rely on an illegal-drug dealer. This dealer probably
has connections to other illegal substances like cocaine and heroin.
Legalize pot, and the connections will be severed. The government is
wasting too much money fighting a drug that at best has medicinal
value and at worst is not all that dangerous. The war on drugs would
gain credibility if pot weren't enemy No. 1.
BENJAMIN L. MOAN, Flagstaff, Ariz.
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