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Calling the use of marijuana ‘recreational’ is far from the truth

Detail of gelato marijuana for sale at Bud and Bloom, a Santa Ana marijuana dispensary.
Detail of gelato marijuana for sale at Bud and Bloom, a Santa Ana marijuana dispensary. TNS

Tennis is recreational. Hiking is recreational, etc., but the use of marijuana blurs reality enough that the user cannot drive a car safely, which will only enlarge the death rate on our highways.

Heaven knows we don’t need that!

Norm Jackson, San Luis Obispo

This story was originally published January 22, 2017 at 8:00 PM with the headline "Calling the use of marijuana ‘recreational’ is far from the truth."

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