To the Editor:

Marijuana is now a legal product in New Jersey. Adults are allowed to decide for themselves whether or not to use it.

Sadly, the small minority of Princetonians (27 percent) that voted against legalization is trying to block the will of the majority by preventing any dispensary licenses from being issued. Reasonable people can disagree about how many licenses should be issued and where the stores may be located. But using the regulatory process to effectively change the result of the referendum is undemocratic.

It’s also pointless. People who want to smoke pot will just buy it somewhere else, denying our community revenue we could use to improve services or prevent tax increases.

The issue is not whether marijuana is good for you. We all know that it isn’t. Whether or not the pleasure of smoking pot is worth it is up to each of us (just like alcohol or junk food).

The pro-choice community’s slogan is “if you don’t like abortion, don’t have one.” Princetonians who don’t like pot don’t have to smoke it. But get out of the way and let the rest of the community decide for themselves.

Lewis Maltby
Stone Cliff Road