Pubdate: Thu, 27 Mar 2014
Source: Athens News, The (OH)
Copyright: 2014, Athens News
Contact:  http://www.athensnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1603
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n257/a03.html
Author: Stan White

SOURCE IN POT PANEL STORY WRONG ABOUT MARIJUANA & CRIME IN COLORADO

To the Editor:

Dr. Joe Gay, executive director of Health Recovery Services, falsely
claims in The Athens NEWS' March 13 article "SRO Crowd Inhales
Controversy at Marijuana Panel Discussion," that Colorado has an
"increase in violence" due to legalizing marijuana. Colorado crime
rates have decreased since re-legalizing marijuana for the sick over a
decade ago and fully re-legalizing marijuana over a year ago.

In fact, the crime of caging responsible adults for using a God-given
plant has completely vanished. And make no mistake, caging humans for
using what God says He created and is good on literally the very first
page of the Bible, is a crime.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.
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