DEADLY PROHIBITION

Lyndon Lafferty ("Don't let the marijuana myth live on," July 25)
fails to understand how marijuana prohibition opens up a gateway to
hard drugs. As long as organized crime controls marijuana
distribution, consumers of the most popular illicit drug will
continue to come into contact with sellers of hard drugs like
cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. This "gateway" is a direct
result of marijuana prohibition.

Marijuana may be relatively harmless, but marijuana prohibition is deadly.

Robert Sharpe, MPA

Policy Analyst

Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington, D.C.