I am writing in regard to your editorial on Friday, March 26, in which
you state that the government continues to avoid a clear-cut decision
on medical marijuana.

I wonder how many of your readers remember an article that appeared in
LIFE magazine in the mid-'60s. The article stated that the farmers in
North and South Carolina were preparing their fields for the planting
of marijuana since they were sure the Congress would soon pass a law
legalizing the smoking of marijuana.

A week or two later, a picture appeared in LIFE showing wall-to-wall
liquor lobbyists packed together in the halls of Congress lobbying
their representatives. They declared that there would never be a law
legalizing marijuana as long as there was a liquor lobby.

I wonder how many of our congressmen and senators have stock in
Seagrams.

Virginia Powers
Atascadero