PASS THE JOINT, PART TWO

Until I read the letters column of the Feb. 11 edition, I didn't
realize I had stirred up a hornets nest to even the East Coast.
Within a few days of my article, a pothead showed up at our door with
the hopes of getting some. I think he was a police pigeon. He was
dismayed when I told him the truth that we have never smoked, seen or
smelled the stuff. Not that we wouldn't try it for medicinal purposes
if it ever becomes legal. We have never done illegal drugs.

My wife swears by Hempz body lotion for her severe dry skin
condition. She rarely buys it at an Alderwood beauty supply store
because it is so expensive. She relies on less expensive creams and lotions.

The reason I wrote that article was to help bring to public awareness
to the beneficial uses, as many others have done. It would also bring
about a new economic industry in America, also a cash crop for
marginal farmers. It does have a rightful place in society.

I expect this to be my last letter on pot, now on to something else
probably just as controversial.

Virgil Bakken

Lynnwood