US CA: PUB LTE: Sheriff’s Marijuana Argument

The Union, 25 Sep 2010 – Keith Royal used his starfish analogy to show how the drug war, even though it’s a losing venture, is somehow making a positive difference. He then used the word illegal six times in one sentence to show us his disgust for growers of marijuana. However, Royal has missed the most important point: Marijuana and alcohol are simply drugs and, if anything, alcohol is the more dangerous of the two. It is the drug laws which separate them.