Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct 2010 – Re "Health gets lost in pot debate," Oct. 10 Groups pushing to legalize marijuana are not claiming the drug is harmless. Indeed, many believe any harm associated with marijuana is an argument for taxing and regulating it.

Ventura County Star, 27 Sep 2010 – Re: the Ventura County Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee’s Sept. 25 commentary "Prop. 19 a bad law for California": Sheriff Bob Brooks and his law enforcement colleagues were either wildly uninformed or intentionally dishonest when they implied that marijuana’s social cost is anywhere near that of alcohol and tobacco, both of which are far more harmful than marijuana.

Ventura County Star, 27 Sep 2010 – Re: the Ventura County Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee’s Sept. 25 commentary "Prop. 19 a bad law for California": Sheriff Bob Brooks and his law enforcement colleagues were either wildly uninformed or intentionally dishonest when they implied that marijuana’s social cost is anywhere near that of alcohol and tobacco, both of which are far more harmful than marijuana.