GOING TO POT

[Re: issue 7's "Smoke Screen" story about the medical marijuana
arrest of Temecula grower Marty Victor] One of the worst aspects of
the marijuana raids that Riverside County seems to love so well is
the undeniable fact that these excursions into reefer madness take
cops away from preventing crimes and apprehending truly dangerous criminals.

It is dereliction of duty for the Riverside County Sheriff's office
to dedicate personnel to "marijuana crimes" that are not really
crimes while all manner of violent criminals prey on Riverside
County. It's time for law enforcement to realize that tales of reefer
madness have lost their ability to frighten adults and only lowers
the stature of those spreading such fictions.

Ralph Givens, Daly City

Hey, man, apparently the Supreme Court is on your side since the
justices recently opted to keep their hands-off Prop. 215 (Sorry, San
Bernardino County) and let it stand as a legitimate voter-approved measure.