Pubdate: Sun, 05 Apr 2015
Source: Gilmer Mirror, The (TX)
Copyright: 2015 The Gilmer Mirror
Contact:  http://www.gilmermirror.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3032
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n191/a01.html
Author: Kirk Muse

RESPONSE TO MICKEY SPENCER'S ANTI-MARIJUANA STANCE

I am writing about the not-so-thoughtful letter from Mickey 
Spencer:"Do not legalize marijuana"(3-29-15).

Spencer did not mention why why he wants to keep marijuana completely 
unregulated, untaxed and controlled and distributed only by criminal gangs.

Obviously Spencer has never read Clint Werner's outstanding book: 
"MARIJUANA: GATEWAY TO HEALTH: How cannabis protects us from cancer 
and Alzheimer's disease." If he had he would learn that not only does 
cannabis not cause cancer it prevents it.

And obviously he has not read Johann Hari's "CHASING THE SCREAM: The 
first and last days of the war on drugs." If he had he would know 
that the reason cannabis is a criminalized substance has absolutely 
nothing to do with its potential harms and dangers.

Kirk Muse,

Mesa, Ariz.
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