Sean Quinn’s Wednesday column was right on the money, and for those readers who got that knee-jerk “Keep dreaming, stoner!” reaction,try to think rationally about the issue.
I do not use marijuana. But this doesn’t mean I’m blind to the problems and damages caused by prohibition and ignorance.
We teach our kids in school that marijuana is as bad as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine by lumping these drugs together into one collective evil.
When kids try marijuana, they recognize it is not a dangerous drug. Maybe the reason why marijuana seems to be an alleged “gateway drug” is young people are discovering the government has been actively lying to us and not acting in our best interests by not providing transparent and clear information so we may make informed decisions.
If you do not use marijuana and believe you have no interest in this issue, think again. Not only are your taxes putting your nonviolent peers behind bars and out of jobs, you are
also paying the opportunity cost of redirecting the cash flow of marijuana sales from law-abiding citizens and government and into the pockets of drug dealers and cartels.
So let’s drop the nuclear bomb and win this drug war. Decriminalize marijuana.
Editor's note: This letter refers to this column.
