Only three reasons to want legal marijuana

Marijuana for sale is kept in jars for customers to sample smells last month at a new outlet of the Colorado Harvest Co. recreational marijuana stores in Aurora, Colo. While smoking pot in public is illegal in Colorado, one letter writer says that the law doesn’t stop people.(Photo: AP)

Folks want weed for three reasons. One, they need it medically. Fine, let them purchase all they want to ensure a better quality of life. By the way, that’s a miniscule number of people. Two, to get high. Don’t for a minute think users shove that smoke down their lungs, hold it until it hurts for any other reason than to get a buzz.

Three, for the biggest money-grab since the Inquisition. Just what the vanishing middle-class needs. More money in the pockets of a few people who already have more than they could ever spend. By the way, don’t compare...

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