Daily Headlines MARIJUANA: PROHIBITION FAILING; LEGALIZING COULD BE TAX BOON by Dan Linn, (Source:Rockford Register Star)

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Are people really afraid of legalizing marijuana? I cannot understand why it is such a crazy idea to let people consume cannabis. People can get drunk all they want, and humanity keeps moving right along. Of course, there was a time when the country outlawed alcohol consumption, and that failed miserably. Sure Al Capone enjoyed the lucrative aspect of alcohol prohibition, but that prohibition failed and cannabis prohibition has failed for the same reasons.



Abuse of cannabis is detrimental, but there is a difference between use and abuse.



Most people who use cannabis are responsible and have a job, just like those who use alcohol. If cannabis were regulated like alcohol, there would still be cannabis abuse like there is alcohol abuse, but how bad could cannabis abuse really be for society?



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Pubdate: Sun, 6 Jan 2008

Source: Rockford Register Star (IL)

Copyright: 2008 GateHouse Media, Inc

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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/370

Author: Dan Linn

Note: Dan Linn of Sycamore is executive director of Illinois NORML.

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