State Lawmaker Wants to Go Singaporean on Pot Smokers' Asses

In a July 29 email message, NORML's Paul Armentano reports, Georgia state Rep. Tommy Benton (R-Jefferson) informed a voter (emphasis added):

I am opposed to the legalization of marijuana. I think we should go to caning for people caught using and maybe execute dealers. That would solve the problem as well. That is what they do in Singapore and they don't have a drug problem.

A couple of weeks later, Benton sent a second message in which he threatened advocates of marijuana law reform with arrest (emphasis added):

You and your cronies want [marijuana] legalized so you can get a hit anytime without having to worry about getting arrested. I have forwarded your email to the Lowndes County sheriffs [sic] office so that they can be on the lookout for you. Consider this my last correspondence on the the [sic] subject to you or anyone else who shares your similar "conservative views."

Since Benton clearly states that he wants nothing more to do with opponents of marijuana prohibition, you definitely should not email him at [e-mail] or call him at 404-656-0177.