PERKINS A GATEWAY DRUG TO STUPIDITY

Of course Chief Perkins is strongly against decriminalizing marijuana
- -- that's his business. And business is good.

You know what's ironic? That the two groups most opposed to the
Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana initiative are cops and
drug dealers (it's a Wile E. Coyote/Roadrunner kinda thing between those two).

Stuck in the middle are the people who don't have crime on their
minds, and are the ones paying for it all. Meanwhile, our government
turns a blind eye to the poppy fields in Afghanistan, and pledges to
cut meth use by 15 percent (aim low -- shoot lower!) to focus on
outlawing hemp. Even though the original drafts of the Constitution
were written on hemp paper! If the current administration had its
way, our Founding Fathers would be considered drug dealers.

Let's stop the madness. The money saved by decriminalizing pot could
then be used to pay for better screening at seaports, or decent wages
and benefits for teachers, maybe even proper armor for the next bunch
of apple-cheeked teens we send to fight in some oil-rich sandbox.

Ah, who am I kidding? As I said before, business is good.

Scott Duran