PASSAGE OF MARIJUANA LAW IN DENVER

Congratulations to Denver voters for absolutely stubbing their
collective toes on this one. The marijuana initiative passed.

Where do I possibly begin?

In the first instance, the rationale of this "law" begs
credulity.

According to Mason Tvert, head of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable
Recreation, marijuana is not as bad as alcohol, so it should be legal.

Ha! That's brilliant.

Why not legalize petty larceny because it's not as bad as grand
larceny?

Is a stoned driver safer than a drunk one?

But that's just the small stuff.

The big picture here is the message the initiative and the vote sent
to kids. My 13- and 12-year-old boys finished the DARE program in
school in sixth grade.

Both of them benefitted from the program.

My youngest even won an award for writing an essay on the evils of
drug, cigarette and alcohol use and abuse. What should I tell them
now? That marijuana "isn't that bad" so it's legal now? Should I
undermine the entire message of DARE (which our tax dollars fund) and
give the SAFER sophistry about how it's better to get stoned than drunk?

I think I just fell down the rabbit hole.

Michael Kranitz, Lone Tree