As a Federal Medical Marijuana License Holder who is also married to
one, I worry about 'Pot Pirates' even more than most. Many licenced
medical marijuana users have been raided or robbed because of these
stupid laws!

I park my 300-lb electric wheelchair in front of my apartment door
every night, and I would never open the door to anyone unless I saw a
warrant. Even then, as a public marijuana activist in Ottawa, I still
worry about caffeine-fueled rogue cops more than I worry about robbers!

But the blame for this mess falls squarely on the shoulders of the Federal

Government. Their prohibition laws make cannabis valuable. If it were
legal, it would be cheap. People wouldn't need to grow 5000 plants in
a field full of booby traps or convert suburban homes or ruin high
rise apartments. Prohibition fuels crime. This is a known fact!

In the US, during the 1930's, alcohol was prohibited much as
marijuana is today. Children had easy access to bootleg liquor that
blinded or killed more than a few. Gangsters ruled the streets with
machine guns, police became less and less effective as the gangs
wealth and power grew, and government corruption was rampant.

Mothers, grandmothers, and teachers lobbied the government to
regulate alcohol so that it would be out of the hands of children.
They understood than when we criminalize a popular substance, we
create a black market than preys on children.

How is it that people from seventy years ago were so much smarter
than we are today? Easy! They didn't believe police and government
balderdash that says the only way to combat this problem is more
cops, more jails, and more money!

Russell Barth

Riverside Dr.

Ottawa