Pubdate: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 Source: Times Argus (Barre, VT) Copyright: 2015 Times Argus Website: http://www.timesargus.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/893 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n143/a09.html Author: Stan White GRAVY TRAIN George Merkel, the police chief in Vergennes and president of the Vermont Association of Police Chiefs, along with law enforcement unions in general, confuse violence associated with prohibition ("Police debate marijuana legalization at Vt. Law School," March 7) with that of the cannabis (marijuana) plant, which is not rationally known to produce violence. Law enforcement agencies' gravy train is dependent on perpetuating those types of lies, half-truths and propaganda regarding the relatively safe God-given plant. Truth is, a sane or moral argument to cage responsible adults who use cannabis doesn't exist. Stan White Dillon, Colorado - --- MAP posted-by: Matt