THIS BUD'S FOR YOU

Re: Barbara Kay vs. Mary Jane, editorial, May 23.

I wholly agree with your ideas on cannabis. However, I feel I must
correct an error in your editorial. Cannabis smokers do prefer to use
only the plant's bud. Cultivators who have relatively large volumes at
hand may boil down the leaves and concentrate the active ingredients
for use in cooking. But for smoking? Only pure bud will do.

Curiously, in Morocco they refer to the fine leaves that surround the
flower as "the hashish," which is considered useless. The flower
itself is called "keefee," meaning fun or relaxation. Where there's an
abundance, only the best will do for smoking, cooking, tinctures or
whatever. Buds, definitely.

Harry Fisher,

Woodland Hills, Calif.