LTE: Decriminalize marijuana, ban synthetics
Excerpt: "Banning the over-the-counter sale of synthetic marijuana is easily done. The feds have largely accomplished this already. Criminalizing users unnecessarily entails expanding big government. Thanks to education efforts, legal tobacco use has steadily declined, without any need to criminalize tobacco smokers.
More drug war is not the answer. A better solution is to ease up on penalties for natural marijuana.
The use of synthetic marijuana is an unintended side effect of the war on real marijuana. Consumers are turning to potentially toxic drugs, made in China and sold as research chemicals before being repackaged as incense for sale in the US."
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