NEW MARIJUANA STUDIES AND PROPOSALS REVISIT

Looking at what is in a joint is not the same as observing how the habit
affects real people in the real world; therefore the information found in
Marijuana Unlikely to Cause Head, Neck, or Lung Cancer
(http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1728.57309) is not true. I might as
well say hot dogs or oranges are cancerous because they contain carcinogens.

You fail to educate the public about vaporizers, which heat the plant
material to 190 degrees Fahrenheit without burning it. This releases the
cannabinoids without combusting the other chemicals.

In addition, you fail to inform that the inhaling and holding of marijuana
smoke is pointless, and is the outcome of prohibitionist policies that
inflate the cost of cannabis. The cannabinoids are absorbed by the lungs in
less than one second. No marijuana smoker should hold the smoke, nor should
they inhale deeply.

The nineteen districts in Massachusetts instructed their legislators to
support decriminalization, in general (they had nuanced differences).
Seventy-two percent of the public supports decriminalization. Every major
drug policy study done in the past 50 years recommends decriminalization to
legalization (most legalization) none recommend a law-enforcement solution
to marijuana regulation.

Matthew Hulett, Short Hills, N.J.