VETERAN BEING PERSECUTED WITH MARIJUANA CHARGE

I've just read the Dec. 12 story about Vietnam veteran charged with
marijuana possession. Really? A 61-year-old veteran with
post-traumatic stress disorder and cancer is prosecuted for his
health-care practices and the criminal justice system deems him a
worthy target for prosecution.

I'm sorry, but that's disgusting on many levels. What is particularly
disturbing is that Gary Muntz is being persecuted under a set of
policies that are totally fraudulent. The prohibition against cannabis
(marijuana) is founded completely upon lies. The fruit of this
prohibition gives us cases like Muntz's. There is no resemblance to
justice here. And not a lick of common sense present.

There is, however, the sad reality of a government hell-bent upon
asserting its authority. The government is lying about cannabis, and
it is time for the fraud to end.

Allan Erickson