CANNABIS OPPONENTS DAZED BY THE SMOKE OF THEIR LIES, NOT WEED

Madelyn Kearns got an arrow-splitting bull's eye exposing cannabis
prohibition and extermination hypocrisy ("Half-Baked Excuses Keep
Marijuana Unlit," Nov. 4).

By extension, the federal government even classifies the God-given
plant cannabis - see the first page of the Bible - as a Schedule I
substance along with heroin, while meth and cocaine are only Schedule
II substances. The farce continues with hemp prohibition. Communist
Chinese farmers are allowed to grow hemp, but free American farmers
are prohibited. That's unfair for U.S. farmers who must compete in the
free world market.

Further, while considering how cannabis compares with other
substances, realize that in over 5,000 years of documented use, not
one single person has died directly from cannabis. Cigarettes kill
over 1,000 Americans daily. Cannabis is also less addictive than coffee.

A sane or moral argument to continue caging responsible adults for
using the relatively safe plant simply doesn't exist.

Stan White

Dillon, Colorado