Pubdate: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 Source: Free Lance-Star, The (VA) Copyright: 2010 The Free Lance-Star Contact: http://fredericksburg.com/flshome Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1065 Author: Sean Alan Romanek NOT MUCH HARM IN MARIJUANA Retired police detective Howard Wooldridge has a very compelling reason for lifting marijuana and its community out of criminal conduct ["Pot is a distraction," Feb. 18]. As the letter suggests, marijuana is a distraction or, more so, a pastime. Intoxicants should not be judged by their effects, but by their threat to the community. I think we find very little harm and tragedy associated with marijuana. Sean Alan Romanek Fredericksburg - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D