GOVERNMENT VILIFIES MARIJUANA, CHRISTIE

"Equal treatment under the law" applies basically to people. But it's
also a good idea for things like facts and realities.

Sixteen states, including Hawaii, think medicinal marijuana is
credible enough to try letting patients use it. But the federal
authorities refuse to even consider changing their classification of
pot as being worse than "ice." Instead they're spending our tax and
deficit dollars sending SWAT teams after grandmothers with too many
plants in their garden.

They let Bernard Madoff out on bail, but they won't do the same for
Roger Christie? The only thing "equal" about that is the level of lunacy.

Peter Kozlowski

Hilo