Thank you for publishing Matthew Elrod's outstanding letter about the
taxation and regulation of cannabis. Only legal products can be taxed and
regulated.

Criminalizing a product like cannabis only assures that it will be sold by
the same people that also sell dangerous drugs like heroin and crack cocaine.

The prohibition of cannabis creates the gateway effect. Not the cannabis
itself.

The prohibition of alcohol didn't work for the United States and the
prohibition of cannabis and other recreational drugs is not working now,
except to provide full employment for those doing the prohibiting.

Kirk Muse

(Our police aren't exactly short of other work anyway)