GONE TO POT

Re "Spaced out law enforcement,". letter, Nov. 12: I think some pot
advocates have been smoking too much of the stuff because they seem to have
forgotten some important facts.

DEA, a federal agency, is enforcing the law -- federal law. Unfortunately,
in California we have a discrepancy between state and federal marijuana
laws. I wonder if "we, the people of California" would have voted for
Proposition 215 if we knew what we know now; that the aforementioned rub
between state and federal law would cause a law-enforcement quagmire, that
marijuana gardens would pop up in our neighborhoods, that it would
encourage the involvement of organized crime.

Pot advocates say that Proposition 215 is for those who are seriously ill,
but the truth is that all one needs to get medical marijuana is a
recommendation from a doctor, not an actual medical prescription. From what
I can tell, it doesn't take much to get a doctor's recommendation; local
free publications carry ads for doctors who will write them. To me, medical
marijuana is an absurdity. Maybe we should locate all dispensaries and
marijuana gardens next to people who voted for Proposition 215. I bet a lot
of people would be singing a different tune.

- - Darcy Jones, Sacramento