Here's a swell idea: Google TASHKIN. To keep Cannabis illegal while tobacco and alcohol are dispensed freely is murderously stupid.

Google "Tashkin".

Any questions?

Richard P Steeb, San Jose California

You are way offbase. First of all if marijuana smoke causes cancer where are the cases? 30,000,000 smokers in the USA alone would suggest that you could find a causal link easily. Secondly having *some* of the same chemicals as are in tobacco smoke means little; tobacco smoke ALSO has polonium-210, a *radioactive* element NOT found in marijuana smoke. And finally, your contention that marijuana has not been tested and found safe by the FDA is wrong, in a roundabout way. Ever heard of Marinol? It's synthetic THC, which is the drug naturally found in marijuana, and is a prescription drug sold all around the world. It's apparent you know too little about the subject to be lecturing others; marijuana had no business being illegal to begin with and should be legalized (or at a minimum decriminalized); we arrest and ruin the lives of 750,000 Americans every year on pot-related charges, most of which are simple possession for no good reason, and it should stop!