MARIJUANA REALITY

"Marijuana myths" (letter, March 8) hit one of the nails square on the
head.

More reality regarding the American cannabis situation is as
follows:

Countless millions of Americans buy, sell and/or smoke marijuana on a
regular basis. Marijuana smokers come from all segments of this
society. Marijuana smokers are homeless people, construction workers,
K-12 teachers, civil engineers, scientists, physicians, surgeons,
attorneys, mental health professionals and law enforcement at all
levels, to name just a few.

The U.S. government's domestic propaganda machine, the American Ad
Council, paints an intentionally inaccurate picture of marijuana users.

Billions of dollars are injected into the retail side of this
country's economy. Black-market marijuana profits make car payments
and mortgage payments. Without cannabis profits, the economy would
suffer. Lawmakers are well aware of this.

The greedy pharmaceutical mafia lobbies hard to make sure that
marijuana is never legalized for medical uses, even though they can't
provide anything that comes close to marijuana's therapeutic value in
the treatment of several physical and neurological disorders.

If marijuana were legalized, the bottom would fall out within six
months. Billions of dollars would go unrealized and marijuana would
return to its original, God-given status as just a weed.

The entire scene is all about the most addictive drug of all - the
almighty dollar.

DENNIS WOLTZ
Mary Esther