Just a few thoughts for Gov. Tom Wolf, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Attorney General Josh Shapiro: income tax, sales tax, the lottery, casinos — now you want more revenue from recreational marijuana. According to your estimate, it would bring in an additional $586 million. I assume that will be used to help cover the cost of current ills such as smoking, vaping, drunk-driving accidents and related deaths. Add to that the additional problems that would be created by marijuana. Don’t we already have enough dilemmas?

Possibly our three high-ranking state officials should take a course in common sense. Personally, I don’t know of anyone who is in favor of recreational marijuana. We undoubtedly hang out with different crowds.

Someone once said, “Right is right even if no one is; wrong is wrong even if everyone is.” Hopefully we have people in our state Legislature who would stop adding another ill to society’s downward spiral.

Rich Schall

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