Pubdate: Mon, 24 Dec 2012
Source: Montana Standard (Butte, MT)
Copyright: 2012 Nancy Marks
Contact:  http://www.mtstandard.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/609
Author: Nancy Marks

IRONY OF DRUG WAR NOT LOST ON PUBLIC IN RECENT REPORTS

It is a grand irony that on the front page of the Helena Independent
Record was an article on Montana medical marijuana caregiver Chris
Williams facing years in federal prison for growing and selling the
substance.

Meanwhile, on the back page of the sports section, a story ran about
how some of the biggest banks in the world laundered billions of
dollars for drug cartels and will get off with out anyone going to
jail.

Why is it so hard for our government and justice system to understand
if marijuana were legalized, controlled and taxed, this country could
begin to solve so many of our drug crime problems.

This would put the drug cartels out of business, and put border patrol
and drug crime agents into real jobs building roads and bridges. And
maybe begin to pay off part of our $16 trillion debt.

Nancy Marks

[street address redacted]

Townsend
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