U.S. Seeks to Close Cannabis Clubs

Re "U.S. Launches Drive to Close Marijuana Clubs," Jan. 10, and the news
that Gov. Pete Wilson's budget would boost spending for prisons: Do I smell
a correlation here? Usual special interests at work? Drive pot back
underground and more kids will get caught and fill more cells in more
jails--prisons being the largest growth industry in the country. The U.S.
has the largest prison population per capita of civilized nations. Ipso
facto we can justifiably surmise that after 10 to 20 years of
incarceration, we will release into our tender midst the largest cadre of
hardened criminals in the world. Our doctors have approved the smoking of
marijuana as a panacea for cancer patients et al. The people of California
have voted to legalize the growth of pot for medicinal purposes for one's
own use. Let the federal government respect the "will of the people"!

GEORGE MARGO Malibu

I think it is time we California voters reminded the president that the
medical marijuana initiative, Proposition 215, got more votes than he did.
I never thought I'd be voting Libertarian, but I am now! The Republicans
never had me, and the Democrats lost me.

DAVID G. PORTER Anaheim

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