GETTING DRUGS IS EASY

In Kristen Rose's Oct. 4 letter to the Pulse, she pointed out that kids are
using marijuana even though it's illegal, and she used that as a reason not
to legalize marijuana. What she hasn't realized is that teen-agers have an
easier time getting marijuana because it's illegal.

Right now, marijuana is being sold by drug dealers who don't care how old
their customers are. If marijuana were legalized, it would likely be sold
in pharmacies and drug stores, which are a lot more likely to check for ID
than are drug dealers. Legalizing marijuana would take millions of dollars
of business away from organized crime, which freely sells to children and
teens.

As a recent high school graduate now attending college, I know that
marijuana is easy to find in schools of all kinds. Tobacco and alcohol,
which are legal and regulated, are nearly impossible to get while in
school, and certainly harder to get than marijuana.

Paul Tripp, Omaha