A DOPEY LAW

Why should police or prosecutors be expected to explain Proposition 215,
the medical marijuana initiative ["Pot grower runs afoul of ill defined
law," Metro, May 3]? We didn't write it- it was drafted by marijuana
advocates. In their zeal to legalize "pot" possession, they ignored the
details: growing, harvesting, transporting and furnishing marijuana remain
unlawful. Police and prosecutors statewide opposed this law in part because
it was so poorly reasoned and constructed.

Instead, we'll gladly explain, and continue to enforce, the clear and
unaltered mandate in the Health and Safety Code that makes cultivating and
selling marijuana a crime.

Jeffrey M.Ferguson, Santa Ana

Officer Ferguson is a member of the Orange County Narcotic Officers
Association.

Checked-by: Melodi Cornett