BULL'S EYE ON MARIJUANA

William Conde (Mailbag, "Our Most Expensive War," Dec. 23) got an
arrow-splitting bull's eye: where would President-elect Obama be if
.?

Once Obama takes office, there should not be another responsible U.S.
citizen caged for using or possessing small amounts of cannabis
(marijuana) ever again.

Conde was mistaken about the expense of incarceration, however. Caging
humans for using the relatively safe, socially acceptable, God-given
plant cannabis is a money-making gravy train for the prison industry,
police, drug testing industry and their unions; lobbying efforts are
one of the reasons cannabis and hemp prohibition perpetuates.

A sane argument to continue caging responsible citizens for using the
plant doesn't exist. Cannabis prohibitionists are like vampires.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.