Letter To The Editor: Wake Up Before It’s too late!

By PAM PRICHARD
Los Alamos

New Mexico seems about to legalize marijuana, but first we should take some advice from other states where it is already legal.

John Hickenlooper, who was governor of Colorado when it was legalized there in 2012, says it was a “bad idea”.
It is still illegal federally (in fact Congress banned it in D.C. even though voters there were in favor of it).
There are no federal regulations or restrictions regarding the potency of various marijuana “products”. The concentration of THC in marijuana has increased exponentially since the 60s, it has led to an increase in crime as well as in accidents from driving while impaired, and it is just another drug to be sold on the black market, where it will result in more deaths from overdose and from drug deals gone bad.
Our students are being taught in health classes that marijuana is not addictive, but this is certainly not true.
New Mexico, wake up before it is too late!
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