US CA: OPED: Addiction Argument Is Just Fear-Mongering Over Pot Initiative

Sacramento Bee, 03 Oct 2010 – Columnist Marcos Breton proposes that a significant portion of the 3.3 million Californians who use marijuana are addicted to pot ("Pot people are in denial about Prop. 19"; Our Region, Sept. 29). He bases this supposition on the following premise: "Answer this question: If you had to stop smoking marijuana forever, could you? My guess is that many couldn’t quit if they tried." To which I’d reply, "So what?"