MEDICAL MARIJUANA: CONSIDER LAW'S IMPACT ON DRUG DEALERS

I'm writing in response to Charles Stigers' letter, "Montanans were
duped into passing medical marijuana," published June 8.

Suppose that half, or even more than half, of the people who purchase
medical marijuana don't really need it for medical reasons. That means
that they are not buying their marijuana from drug dealers who get
their marijuana via the Mexican drug cartels.

And it also means that they are not buying their marijuana from drug
dealers who also sell other, much more dangerous drugs, like meth,
heroin and cocaine.

Most marijuana consumers would prefer to buy locally grown marijuana
of known quality, known purity and known potency.

But if they can't, they buy black market marijuana.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Arizona