Herald News, 10 Aug 2010 – Regarding "End delays for medical marijuana" (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 U.S., 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 result of this ongoing culture war is not necessarily lower rates of usage.
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