MARIJUANA ON STATE BALLOT

Re: "DEA education vs. lobbying," Aug. 30 editorial.

I would like to say two things to Jeff Sweetin, special agent in
charge for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's Denver office. First,
thank you for your continuing efforts to clean up the state of
Colorado. Despite the resistance you face from liberal mountain
communities for your enforcement efforts, most citizens sleep better
knowing your agents are up there too. Second, how can the general
public make donations to help you keep marijuana illegal in Colorado?

I can only hope the general public is smart enough to see the campaign
by SAFER for what it is. SAFER is clearly a bunch of losers with
barely the ambition to put on a suit and come up with a misleading
acronym.

There are many people in our state whose dangerous drug knowledge
comes solely from what they see on television. Thankfully, the DEA is
being responsible and exercising its role as non-partisan experts on
the subject.

Matthew Hayes, Aurora