In response to the letter "Police are enforcing commonly broken laws" (April 22), I would just like to comment about the statement "Students like this would not have to worry about police 'harassment' if they led moral, law-abiding lives to begin with ..."

I am forced to ask: How is smoking pot immoral? Is it because the government tells us that it is illegal and that makes it immoral? I work extremely hard in school and get extremely good grades, so who is the government to tell me that I can't do something that makes me feel good as long as it doesn't affect someone else's life?

Have you ever taken a moment to read a document called the Declaration of Independence? In it, it states that our "Creator" gave us the right to pursue our own happiness. In this case the government is ruling over my creator, and I have a problem with this.

I'm sorry if you don't have fun smoking pot (you probably have never tried it and believe those stupid anti-pot commercials on TV), but some people do. Prohibition didn't work for alcohol, and it isn't working for pot.

People like the writer of the letter are scared of change and are the reason that pot will take a longer time to be legalized. It will be legalized one day, because the American people will realize how much money is wasted to stop smoking a substance that almost half of America has smoked.