[marketcorrection] Don Boudreaux: Evil Weed?

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Posted by Don Boudreaux:
Evil Weed?
http://marketcorrection.powerblogs.com/posts/1214320887.shtml


   31 January 2008
   Editor, The Washington Times
   Dear Editor:
   Re "Obama: decriminalize pot" (January 31): While I support the
   legalization of all drugs, decriminalizing marijuana would be a great
   first step. Warned that marijuana is a devilish substance subjecting
   its users to all sorts of sinister effects, young people who try it
   quickly realize that such warnings are baseless. So what conclusions
   do these young people draw about similar warnings against the likes of
   cocaine and heroine?
   Falsely but drum-beatingly insisting to young people that marijuana is
   such a dangerous substance that its sellers and users deserve jail
   time does far more, I'm sure, to prompt people to experiment with
   truly dangerous drugs than does the smoking of pot itself.
   Sincerely,
   Donald J. Boudreaux
   Chairman, Department of Economics
   George Mason University
   Fairfax, VA 22030