US CO: PUB LTE: Patrick Kennedy’s Criticism of Legalizing

Denver Post, 21 Jan 2013 – Re: "Pot debate isn’t just legalization vs. incarceration," Jan. 12 guest commentary. Thanks for publishing this guest commentary by Patrick J. Kennedy and Kevin A. Sabet. I encourage everyone to be wary of overblown statements made by members of either side of cannabis debate. The plant is unlike alcohol or tobacco, so alleged parallels require extremely cautious interpretation. Many of the purported consequences of the plant actually arise from prohibition itself, economic factors, or biases in the interpretation of scientific research.