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  Legalizing Pot Would Be Less Harmful Than The Ban 

Posted by FoM on June 18, 2000 at 10:49:04 PT
Letter To The Editor By Kevin Nelson 
Source: Seattle Times 

The Democratic Party convention passed a resolution supporting the legalization of marijuana and The Seattle Times gasps. How dare anyone publicly challenge marijuana Prohibition orthodoxy. What will become of all our sacred cash cows? ("Democrats' pot plan," editorial, June 16.) You would have to be smoking some particularly "funny stuff" to ignore these facts: Tobacco kills 450,000 Americans per year, alcohol 125,000, marijuana 0. 
Yet 12 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana charges since 1970, with many going to jail and losing their cars, homes, and even custody of their children. If you don't think children can see through the hypocrisy of this "message," you are seriously out of touch with the intellectual prowess of children. Marijuana Prohibition is a counterproductive fraud. It is an intellectually bankrupt policy that is causing far more harm than legalized marijuana ever could. Hallelujah that the Democratic Party had the courage to make this a public issue. I'm sure our mainstream media will have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into an open debate on this matter.- Kevin Nelson, Bow Published: June 18, 2000Copyright © 2000 The Seattle Times Company Cannabis & Drug Policy Information:http://cannabisnews.com/information/Related Article:Democrats' Pot Plan http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread6075.shtml

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