Letter to the editor: Legalized marijuana will ruin lives

Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman have renewed their call to legalize adult use of marijuana (“Gov. Wolf renews call for legal recreational marijuana,” Sept. 3, TribLIVE). Seriously, Gov. Wolf, you call it adult to use marijuana? Yes, just like adult use of alcohol, adult movies, adult bars or adult books — all of which will destroy many adult lives.

What do we become when we are adults? I guess we become complete idiots. We do adult things and, in many cases, we destroy not only our lives but our families’ lives and also many of our friends’ and neighbors’ lives.

Gov. Wolf, you’re saying that “doing drugs” will help Pennsylvania’s economic recovery, Pennsylvania families and our criminal justice system to be fairer. If we quit arresting murderers, rapists, robbers, domestic violence perpetrators and maybe anyone breaking the laws, the justice system would be fairer for all criminals. You and Lt. Gov. Fetterman seem to be anti-law officials.

Your veto of anti- abortion bills resulted in the deaths of future Pennsylvania residents. Do you want to kill more residents by legalizing marijuana?

These are strong words, but they are truthful. Alcohol, drugs and abortion ruin lives and kill many. You don’t change good, lifesaving laws to aid criminals. Instead of filling Pennsylvania “coffers” with greedy money, you will be filling Pennsylvania “coffins” with dead residents. I guess that won’t matter, because you will get your millions of dollars.

Joseph Tubbs

Curwensville