Pubdate: Tue, 04 Aug 2015
Source: Sacramento Bee (CA)
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Author: Jeff Meyers
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n431/a02.html

BLACK MARKET IN POT HURTS KIDS

Re "Legal pot would be detrimental" (Letters, Aug. 2): Letter writer 
Regina Viani wants to keep pot illegal for the sake of the children. 
She doesn't realize that the black market puts our kids at great risk.

Drug dealers don't care about a child's age, and offer a wide range 
other illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine, and provide a product 
that could be laced with who-knows-what and contaminated with pesticides.

There will always be a big demand for marijuana. Kids report that pot 
is easier to get than alcohol and they will continue to buy on the 
black market. Regulation and taxation is the only way to protect children.

Jeff Meyers, Westlake Village
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