24/10/2007 00:00:00
US: Time to re-legalize
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Let's not just decriminalize ("Lighten our prison load: Decriminalize
marijuana," Jack Markowitz column, Business, Oct. 21 and PghTrib.com),
but completely re-legalize the relatively safe, God-given plant cannabis
(kaneh bosm/marijuana).
Cannabis is safer than alcohol, especially when compared with whiskey.
It's less addictive than coffee and hasn't killed one single human in
over 5,000 years of documented use, compared to cigarettes, which kill
over 1,000 Americans daily.
It is unrealistic that the federal government claims cannabis is a
Schedule I substance along with heroin, while meth is only a Schedule II
substance.
Yes, "It's time," Mr. Markowitz, that responsible adults be allowed to
choose to use cannabis without the threat of being caged because of
discredited laws.
Source:
http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=12937
Author:
Pittsburg Tribune Review via UKCIA
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