INDUSTRIAL HEMP COULDN'T GET GNAT BUZZED

Doyle Purcell's Aug. 31 reaction to the recent Associated Press story about
car parts made of hemp was more entertaining than the story itself. He
begins with a ludicrous picture of people smoking the car. Then in rambling
fashion, he condemns littering, shopping carts left in parking spaces and
misplaced food products in grocery stores.

I suppose he's blaming all these horrors on those evil dopers, or
"beer-guzzling potheads," but it's hard to be certain.

I would love to visit with Mr. Purcell and tell him about how our own
government used to value hemp so much that it encouraged farmers to grow
it. And then I could explain to him that industrial hemp doesn't have
enough THC to get a gnat buzzed. And maybe I could tell him about all the
"dopers" I know who hate alcohol, pay taxes, never miss work and have very
strong environmental convictions.

But I have a feeling Mr. Purcell wouldn't be too receptive to things like
facts, which makes him a perfect choice for this country's next drug czar.

Mike Wiley

Marshall