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Stop Marijuana Arrests

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1112/a08.html
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Pubdate: Thu, 14 Jul 2005
Source: Detroit News (MI)
Copyright: 2005, The Detroit News
Contact: letters@detnews.com
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/126
Author: Jose Melendez
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STOP MARIJUANA ARRESTS

About the July 5 letter, "Find a natural high," none of the supposed harms attributed to marijuana are sufficient reason for arrest, incarceration or asset forfeiture for possession of any of the far more harmful albeit approved intoxicants or medications sold.  Marijuana was already accepted as a comparatively safe and effective palliative long before the Controlled Substances Act.  Even the Office of National Drug Control Policy's chief today concedes the herb is nontoxic.  Hypocrisy is neither a virtue nor an effective means of reducing addiction.

Jose Melendez

Communications Director

Concerned Citizens Coalition to Criminalize Prohibition

DeLand, Fla.