US CA: PUB LTE: Prohibition On Pot

San Diego City Beat, 06 Oct 2010 – About your Sept. 22 editorial regarding San Diego’s medicinal-pot regulation: Not only should medical marijuana be made available to patients in need, but, also, adult recreational use should be regulated. Drug policies modeled after alcohol prohibition have given rise to a youth-oriented black market. Illegal drug dealers don’t ID for age, but they do recruit minors immune to adult sentences. So much for protecting the children. Throwing more money at the problem is no solution. Attempts to limit the supply of illegal drugs while demand remains constant only increase the profitability of drug trafficking.