The fact that marijuana is illegal is the reason for the associated
crime. If marijuana were decriminalized, what would be the rationale
for one grower to assault another grower, or a hiker? ... It would be
like mangos or tomatoes; how often do people sneak into others' yards
to steal those? ... If we take the crime out of marijuana, the
associated crimes go away.

Robin Hall

Note: The Advertiser received nearly 200 responses from readers to its
series on marijuana eradication efforts. The series is posted at:

Part One: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00.n444.a01.html
Part Two: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00.n442.a05.html
Part Three: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00.n447.a06.html
Part Four: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n453/a07.html