ASK YOURSELF WHO POT PROHIBITION TRULY BENEFITS

Regarding the letter "Keep pot illegal for the sake of our kids" [Oct. 3]:
One question notably absent in the marijuana debate in Nevada is which side
garners the support of the black market pot purveyors? Do they favor the
current policy where their massive profits go untaxed, their goods
unregulated and their market virtually unimpeded by any governmental
authority. Or would they support a system with tariffs, regulatory controls
and restrictions limiting their clientele to adults over 21 years of age?

The current scheme appears to form a lucrative, symbiotic relationship
between illegal drug marketers and the drug warriors who purport to pursue
them - both reaping hundreds of billions of dollars in profits and income,
with taxpayers, pot users and our Constitution and Bill of Rights clearly
the victims of this cash bonanza.

Shouldn't all Americans be asking: Who does marijuana prohibition truly
benefit and what does our tax dollar buy us?

Mike Plylar

Libertarian candidate

Colorado House of Representatives

Kremmling, Colo.