CHIEF'S STAND ON MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION OPPOSED

Maui Police Chief Gary Yabuta (The Maui News, Jan. 22) said,
"decriminalization of marijuana would make the police job more
difficult." Then he pontificated about children and their moral choices.

The chief has a right to his opinions. However, being a moral
authority is above his pay grade. Obviously, he wants to usurp
personal choice from us all. In a democratic republic, we each ought
to have the right to choose which medicines we use. The job of the
police chief is to defend all laws of the state and county that
employs him and not to pick and choose. Yes, this may be a bit too
difficult for some people, but it is their choice to accept service or not.

Thousands of medical doctors, logistics, logic and centuries of
prima-fascia evidence contradict Yabuta's opinion. Decriminalization
of marijuana would only threaten police job security. Why do
America's drug policies get created by special interest groups, and
thugs, rather than medical doctors and scientific facts? President
Abraham Lincoln said, "A counter-band creates a crime, where once
there was no crime at all."

When the so-called laws get debunked, the government's dilemma is how
to release the millions of political prisoners without paying victim
compensations. Marijuana laws are fraudulent, discriminatory, and
unconstitutional (like alcohol prohibition was).

Last I checked, the job of all legal officials is to support the U.S.
Constitution. Amnesty for both sides is the only way to end this
self-afflicted, unlawful, government war.

David Starsoul

Makawao