D.A.R.E. accidentally endorses marijuana legalization

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Moonie Times, but still a good Guffaw.

The substance abuse prevention education program D.A.R.E. says it has not changed its stance against marijuana after it accidentally published a post supporting its legalization.

The post, titled “Purchasing marijuana puts kids at risk,” was a letter to the editor published in The Columbus Dispatch on Monday. It argues that laws criminalizing marijuana make it more accessible to minors.

“I know from enforcing senseless marijuana laws that children only are being put in more danger when marijuana is kept illegal,” Carlis McDerment, a former deputy sheriff, argued in the letter. “The goal of prohibiting marijuana was to eradicate its use, but in reality, the drug has become infinitely harder for law enforcement to control.”

D.A.R.E. has since removed the post from its website, but not before some outlets reported on the group’s apparent reversal in ideology, The Huffington Post reported.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/31/dare-accidentally-endorses-marijuana-legalization/