The Record, 08 Aug 2010 – Regarding "Delay is more smoke" (Editorials, July 31) on New Jersey’s stalled medical marijuana program: The drug war is largely a war on marijuana smokers. In 2008, there were 847,863 marijuana arrests in the United States, almost 90 percent for simple possession. At a time when state and local governments are laying off police, firefighters and teachers, this country continues to spend enormous public resources criminalizing Americans who prefer marijuana to martinis. The end result of this ongoing culture war is not necessarily lower rates of usage.
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