Reefer mildness.

• Author: Sullum, Jacob
• Position: Briefly Noted - The Cannabis Closet - Brief article - Book review

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"How does a society treat something as a harmless, ubiquitous joke," asks Andrew Sullivan in his introduction to The Cannabis Closet (The Daily Dish), "and then arrest hundreds of thousands of people a year for doing it?" Part of the answer is that responsible, productive marijuana consumers are reluctant to stand up and be counted. In this collection of personal accounts, pot-smoking readers of Sullivan's biog testify that marijuana did not kill their grades, ruin their careers, or wreck their families.

To the contrary, it has improved their lives, helping them unwind and enhancing enjoyable activities...