Pubdate: Fri, 14 Mar 2014
Source: Star Democrat (Easton, MD)
Copyright: 2014 The Star Democrat
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Author: Alexander Breeding

END MARIJUANA PROHIBITION IN MD.

It's time to stop marijuana prohibition in Maryland. After years of 
misinformation and propaganda, the federal government has an entire 
generation believing that marijuana is as harmful as heroin or cocaine.

The facts speak for themselves: there has never a recorded death from 
marijuana overdose. How many friends and family members do we know 
who have had their lives ruined by alcoholism? If alcohol is so 
readily available and yet so damaging, why is a mostly harmless 
substance like cannabis still illegal? Why are we letting the 
government tell us what we can do and cannot do over a simple plant?

It should be a civil right for responsible adults to choose whether 
or not to consume marijuana in the privacy of their own homes. I 
agree that those who abuse this right should be punished in the same 
manner as alcohol. But, to not have to the right to choose is not the 
in the best American tradition. I urge you to support legalizing and 
taxing marijuana in Maryland.

ALEXANDER BREEDING,

Denton
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