I thought for sure I would be the first person to catch Jo Ann Zuniga's
article on the J4J, but that rascal Richard Lake must never sleep. Anyhow,
what neither Richard nor I could tell from looking at the electronic
version was that the Chronicle made a much bigger deal out of this than
either of us could have imagined.

It's in a big box on page 37 (actually page 5 of the Metropolitan section)
together with an excellent vertical photograph, roughly 4.5" X 8", showing
Kay Lee and Zeal's son Arlo and some other people I couldn't identify in
the jail cell, with Kay holding one of those signs from the Philadelphia
shadow convention that says JUST SAY KNOW www.drugpolicy.org

The photo is by a guy named John Everett, and the caption below it reads:
"With the Harris County Criminal Justice Center looming in the background,
Arlo Hartin, 13, left, and Kay Lee, right, ride in a mock jail cell Friday
to dramatize their opposition to the incarceration of nonviolent drug
offenders."

So all in all I would say the story is about 10,000 times better than it
seemed from just reading the text of the story proper.

The title of the whole box is "Prisoners of the drug war" and then below
that the title of the article is "Medicinal marijuana users march."

G. Alan Robison, Executive Director, Drug Policy Forum of Texas, Houston,
Texas 713-784-3196; FAX 713-784-0283 www.dpft.org