ARTICLE MISSED POINT Last week's article on medical marijuana missed most of the important issues. You mentioned that sheriffs of several counties requested more specific guidelines on implementation of Proposition 215 but completely ignored that their interest was due to the pressure from Steve Kubby's formation of American Medical Marijuana Association and its campaign to get just such guidelines enacted. You also ignore the conspiracy of law enforcement at local, state and federal levels trying to thwart the will of California voters by targeting medical marijuana activists for arrest and prosecution. I suppose it's big news that sheriffs, under pressure to enforce the law, have finally requested aid. Police kept watch on Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Steve Kubby for six months before arresting him. During that time, they found no evidence of marijuana sales, yet despite medical medical documentation to support his legal cultivation and use of marijuana he was charged with possession with intent to sell. Why isn't it news when a federal court brings a death sentence down on Peter McWilliams, a man with cancer and AIDS, despite his good faith reliance on law? This activists/author had to plea bargain when his judge informed him he could not rely on Proposition 215 to defend his possession charges. Now this law-abiding citizen faces five years (his life) in person for doing nothing illegal according to a state law mandated over three years ago. Ron Drioane, Vice Chair Fresno County Libertarian Party
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