Make pot shops legal | Letter

Published 4:03 pm Friday, June 5, 2015

I did not want to write concerning the issue of marijuana because I feel there are more important issues to deal with. But, I am tired of reading week after week that the pot shop ban should remain in place in our great city. Yes, marijuana is unhealthy. But the line of reasoning leading to a ban on pot shops would lead us also to ban alcohol, tobacco, sodas, guns, TVs, etc. and no driving before the age of 21.

Neither my kids nor myself are going to lose our freedoms just because some are stupid enough to destroy their lives with marijuana and alcohol. Potheads always did, and always will, put their lives to waste whether marijuana is legal or not. I want my kids to be free to make their own choices. I hope they will always choose to do what is right over what is wrong and follow the path my wife and I have showed them. They are the masters of their own destinies and freedom comes with risk. Teach good values to your kids and let them choose between an honorable life and the life of a miserable pothead. And let us make pot shops legal in Federal Way, so that each could freely choose whichever path they want to take. Let freedom ring!

Francois Ryf, Federal Way