To the Editor:

While I’m happy to see the city of DeKalb considering lowering the fine for small marijuana possession offenses, there will still be the problem that this substance is going to be in an illegal market. That means that criminals will continue to control the market and sell it to kids, as well as lacking any quality controls over the product itself.

The best way to keep this substance away from kids is to legalize and regulate the production, distribution and consumption and limit that to adults only, unless medical reasons require it for minors.