Pubdate: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 Source: Detroit Free Press (MI) Copyright: 2016 Detroit Free Press Contact: http://www.freep.com/article/99999999/opinion04/50926009 Website: http://www.freep.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/125 Author: Stan White MARIJUANA IS SAFER THAN ALCOHOL OR COFFEE As a Colorado voter who helped end cannabis prohibition in my state, I've observed the current laws work as planned, protecting responsible adults who choose to use the extremely popular, God-given plant. Every subsequent poll indicates Colorado voters continue to support it, and there's every reason to believe Michigan voters will end the discrimination and continue supporting it in the future. By any measure cannabis is safer than alcohol, and it's less addictive than coffee. In over 5,000 years of documented use, it has not killed one person, while cigarettes kill over 1,000 Americans daily. That's safety on a Biblical scale. A sane or moral argument to continue caging or punishing responsible adults who use cannabis doesn't exist. Stan White Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom