SPACED-OUT LAW ENFORCEMENT

Re "What a long, strange trip for state's medical marijuana law,"
Forum, Nov. 5: This article brought to mind how the Bush
administration and other war proponents talk about "our freedoms"
when defending U.S. foreign policy. The subject of this article --
Proposition 215 -- is an example of one of those freedoms, I suppose.

We, the people of California, passed a law to help alleviate the
suffering caused by illnesses, of which many are terminal. Yet today
people seeking medical relief from such illnesses by use of one of
God's creations -- cannabis -- cannot because federal DEA agents are
on a rampage to rein in these menaces to society.

According to the article, county supervisors are trying to sue to
overturn the law and the state's law enforcement community opposes
the law. Well, since when is it the law enforcement community's duty
to decide how a law is to be applied within the community?

It is the courts' duty alone to define the context in which laws are
to be applied. Law enforcement's duty is to enforce laws, and
Proposition 215 is a law. So much for our freedoms, President Bush.

Larry Braybrooks

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