Pubdate: Fri, 10 Jan 2014
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2014 The Denver Post Corp
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122
Author: Ed Augden
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n017/a01.html

Re: "The perils of legalized pot," Jan. 6 Ruth Marcus column.

THE PERILS OF POT

Ruth Marcus' commentary against the legalization of marijuana in 
Colorado lacked a historical perspective and compassion for teenage 
offenders who have become career criminals as a result of being 
convicted and imprisoned for simple marijuana possession or sale of 
even a small amount of marijuana. Didn't she wonder why it took the 
federal government until 1937 to criminalize its use, possession and 
sale? Or why there were no studies of the properties of the plant 
before its criminalization? Or why the federal government provides 
subsidies for cancer-causing tobacco?

Ed Augden, Denver
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