LEGALIZE MARIJUANA, TAX IT

I'm writing about your editorial, "Marijuana is a problem in our community."

Marijuana is relatively safe in that it has never caused a documented
death from its use. However, marijuana prohibition is very dangerous,
because marijuana then is sold only by criminals. Criminals who often
sell other, much more dangerous drugs, and who offer free samples to
their marijuana customers.

For the sake of our children, we need to regulate and control the
sale of marijuana.

Only legal products can be regulated by our government. Only legal
products can be controlled by our government. And only legal products
can be taxed by our government.

Speaking of taxes, it seem to me that non-marijuana users would be
very much in favor of taxing a product that they don't use.

Around here, taxing someone else's vice is very popular.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.