Pubdate: Sun, 12 Feb 2012
Source: Times, The  (Munster IN)
Copyright: 2012 The Munster Times
Contact:  http://www.nwitimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/832
Author: Howard Wooldridge, Co-Founder of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).

MARIJUANA PROHIBITION DRAINS LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES

Writing as a retired Michigan street cop, you need to rethink your
support for marijuana prohibition. Per the feds (and ask any teen),
marijuana is today readily available, and most teens can buy pot
easier than alcohol.

Worse, as my colleagues chase a green plant, we miss pedophiles raping
our kids. Most marijuana retail sales are handled by teens, getting
them shot and killed. Medical experts will tell you that more teens
try marijuana because of the glamor of the "forbidden fruit" than are
deterred by another factor.

I challenge you to list all the advantages of marijuana prohibition
and leaving its production amid sales in the hands of criminals and
kids. 

All government research shows marijuana is not a gateway drug. Even if 
true, how does its prohibition help kids?

- - Howard "Cowboy" Wooldridge

co-founder of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Washington, D.C. 
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