TIME TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA

In your recent article "'Budbusters' move in on pot plantations" you
describe a huge effort by police and military to eradicate some pot
plants. What was not mentioned in the article is how much this effort
will cost-my guess is a lot. Will this effort make a difference on the
availability of pot? No, but it will help to wipe out some competition
for some gangsters. The only thing they are accomplishing is
maintaining the high value of the plant.

It's absolute insanity that the general public allows this to happen.
Our money is being wasted, and we are creating a lucrative market that
often breeds violence. Take the value, and violence, away through
legalization-it worked with alcohol.

Andrew Brown

Nanaimo