As the most popular illicit drug in America, marijuana provides the black market contacts that introduce users to hard drugs. Given that marijuana is arguably safer than alcohol, it makes no sense to perpetuate policies that finance organized crime and facilitate the use of drugs like meth. Unfortunately for Americans, our leaders are more prone to counterproductive preaching than cost-effective pragmatism. Do your research, give your readers the straight goods and your newspaper will become known as an unbiased source of the facts rather than the hallucinations of a doctrinaire prohibitionist who would rather see people jailed than allowed to choose what to ingest into their own bodies. Making this a health issue is right on the money.
Doctors are a lot brighter than the police.
I know, I used to tutor at a police academy. 2000 Andalusia Star News, All Rights Reserved.