POLICE EFFORT AGAINST MARIJUANA RAISES QUESTIONS

In response to "Police pan pot proposals" (The Maui News, Feb.
15):

Thank you for reporting this extraordinary situation. I am a widow,
former registered member of Patients Without Time and a medical
cannabis advocate, so I am afraid, intimidated and confused by Maui
police handing out literature stating that marijuana is not medicine,
which directly opposes Hawaii law which recognizes that cannabis is
medicine.

My husband was a WWII veteran who was greatly helped by cannabis
treatments before cancer claimed his life in 2007. I promised him that
I would carry on his work to promote veterans rights and medical
cannabis. How dare they call my husband a criminal? He was an American
hero. Veterans stand up for freedom.

Armed Maui police officers giving out written requests to citizens
asking them to oppose Hawaii law and legislative bills seems like it
must break about a zillion laws. Who authorized these events at
Walmart? Are they legal? Why were the officers armed? Why was the
police car displayed? Who paid for it all?

Keep up the good work, The Maui News - there should be a full
follow-up investigation.

Mary Overbay

Puunene