LUNGREN DOESN'T WRITE LAWS

YOUR EDITORIAL, "Lungren Ignores the sick and dying," was obviously written
with a complete lack of regard for Attorney Dan Lungren's constitutional
duty to enforce California law.

You observe, "The problem with Proposition 215 is that the distribution of
marijuana has never been clearly addressed." Exactly. The law's authors
wrote a law that doesn't address the issue, so why do you blame the
attorney general for what you call a problem with a law he didn't write?
Surely, you don't advocate an attorney general for California who enforces
some laws and ignores others.

The Tribune incorrectly asserts, "Lungren wants to challenge the entire
proposition's legality." Lungren has been clear in stating that Proposition
215 is the law of the land enacted by the people. What your editorial
failed to note (although it appeared in an article in your paper the same
day) Is that Lungren has joined state Sen. John Vasconcellos in pushing for
a study into the harmful and potential medicinal benefits of marijuana.

Your absurd suggestion that Lungren is ignoring the sick and dying
perpetuates a sensationalist point of view that trashes the facts , the law
and the legal duties of the attorney general. There is a gulf between what
your inflammatory rhetoric promotes and what the law allows.

Rob Stutzmans - Attorney Generals Office -