BUSTS RAISE PRICE OF MARIJUANA

Editor:

I'm writing about the article, "$52 million of marijuana confiscated
this summer," published Oct. 6.

I'm sure that many marijuana growers and sellers are thankful to the
Gila County Narcotics Task Force for these latest marijuana busts and
others like it.

Without operations like this, marijuana would be worth what other
easy-to-grow weeds are worth -- very little.

Thanks to the Drug Enforcement Administration and other so-called
"drug warriors," the easy-to-grow weed is worth more than pure gold
- -- and completely tax-free.

Any marijuana growers, sellers or traffickers arrested will soon be
replaced. They always are.

Kirk Muse

Mesa