PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE JOINT

I enjoyed reading your letters in the Jan. 28 issue regarding
cannabis/marijuana. I heartily agree on the positive side. I am not a
junkie hoping to get it free or cheaper, or a future farmer of the stuff.
I am 73 and have been in pain 24/7 for two-and-a-half decades for various
health reasons; so has my wife. True it can do irreparable damage to mind
and body, but no worse than booze or smokes if not sensibly used.

I have looked into trying to get it legally, but it is a hell and high
water route to go to become eligible, expensive to buy, and doled out in
miserly quantities so a person wonders why bother. Then too, if a person's
doctor is anti, to help support the pain pill industry, he is out of
lucksville.

Legalize it and allow a person to grow three or four plants for medical
purposes, grow it in the open like tobacco, and put smugglers out of
business. Why export American dollars? Keep them home! Make more jobs!

Virgil Bakken

Lynnwood