I'm writing in response to the Nov. 7 "Pot common in dorms" article in The Daily Collegian. This statement is correct. Pot is common everywhere. There's a good reason for that: People like to get high. No amount of intervention programs or law enforcement is ever going to change that.

The State College police were quoted in the article: "We take marijuana use very seriously."

There is nothing serious about marijuana use. People get high, laugh at some stuff and pass out. No one starts bar fights when they're on THC.

Perhaps if the local police were more concerned with things that were serious, girls wouldn't be afraid to walk home alone at night and Cindy Song's parents might know where she is.

As far as health risks go, well yeah, of course it's bad for you. Did I really need to be told that inhaling hot smoke and ash isn't good for my lungs?

I understand the flaw in the "my body, my business" logic. If it were legal, however, I imagine people wouldn't have to kidnap or murder over it, since they could just buy it. The outcome of buying pot, legal or illegal, is the same: getting high. So why not profit from something that is happening anyway? Not only could the funding aid law enforcement in important matters, they would have that much more time to spend on keeping us safe rather than making us miserable.