Dear Editor,

I am pleased to see that we may finally get to vote on the issue of marijuana prohibition.  
Unlike alcohol prohibition, which required a consitutional amendment, marijuana prohibition
was inacted by congress in 1937 based on reefer madness fears and racial stereotypes.

Today, nearly 70 million Americans admit to having tried it.   Over 650 million marijuana 
arrests occur every year. About 85% of those arrests are for simple possession--not manufacture 
or distribution.

This is not a war on drugs, but rather a war on our constitutional rights as Americans.
The war on marijuana is a collosal waste of our tax dollars and destroys the lives of otherwise 
law abiding individuals and their families. 

I look forward to the day when Washingtonians can look back on Marijuana Prohibition as a policy
as misguided as alcohol prohibition.  Regulate it, tax it, and stop arresting those who use it!

Sincerely,

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