LOBBY TO LEGALIZE POT RATHER THAN COMPLAIN ABOUT THE
STINK

Re: 'Grow ops stink, letter writer fumes,' March 12

Heather Fisher's letter was laughable. Lines like "Those who use
marijuana use it primarily as an escape mechanism to numb feelings
that they avoid dealing with." out her as a total non-user, because
only someone who has never used pot would make such naive and
outlandish statements about it.

As a person who uses pot several times every day to alleviate a number
of medical problems, I can tell you that pot's ability to "take one
away" is wildly exaggerated - usually by people who have never tried
it.

As for her children and her community, all science, history, and
common sense show that the prohibition of marijuana is the very thing
that is facilitating these clandestine operations in her neighborhood.
If Fisher truly cared about her community, she would lobby to legalize
and regulate marijuana instead of asking for more of the same policies
that got us into this mess in the first place.

Russell Barth

Federally Licensed Medical Marijuana User

Drug Reform Analyst and Consultant

Educators for Sensible Drug Policy

Nepean