NEWS SLIGHTING OTHER SIDE OF POT ARGUMENT

The Rocky Mountain News appears to have taken a road similar to the
government bureaucrats who tell only one side of the story and call it
unbiased, like in the Blue Book voters' guide. The News runs big
articles on the Drug Enforcement Administration and prints their
ridiculous quotes as if it is the only truth, while completely
ignoring groups like Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) and
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) who
also have truths that tell a different story.

The News covers groups like GOCAM (Guard Our Children Against
Marijuana) with feature articles, but a similar group, GOCAMP (Guard
Our Children Against Marijuana Prohibition), meeting on the Capitol
steps with radio and TV coverage, doesn't even get a mention in the
next day's paper.

A strange preponderance of articles about marijuana and children seems
to have pervaded the media, all pretty much negative, if not outright
lies. Where is the media coverage of the teenager who suffered
incurable weekly epileptic seizures until he discovered medicinal
marijuana and has been seizure-free now for two years?

People deserve to hear all the truth, not just the parts that can be
twisted to serve someone's agenda. An informed electorate is the most
formidable enemy of politicians and bureaucrats. Will the News perform
its civic duty and inform the electorate of all the truth?

BO SHAFFER

Longmont