US CA: Edu: PUB LTE: War On Marijuana Proves Lost Cause

Daily Nexus, 07 Oct 2010 – Dear Editor, If health consequences determined drug laws instead of cultural norms, marijuana would be legal. Unlike alcohol, marijuana has never been shown to cause an overdose death, nor does it share the addictive properties of tobacco. Marijuana can be harmful if abused, but jail cells are inappropriate as health interventions and ineffective as deterrents.