MONUMENTAL WASTE

Editor:

Re: Whatever happened to the pot debate? Thomas Barker, Barking at
the Big Dog, Houston Today, Jan. 25 - Yet another marijuana grow-op
busted near Hungry Hill.

I heartily agree with your article on the monumental waste of police
time chasing the Willie Nelsons of the world and their suppliers.

In Alaska simple possession of up to four ounces in the privacy of
one's little castle has been legal for over two years.

There has been a thundering silence of problems associated with that
legalization. As a retired police officer, I applaud Alaska's law.
Marijuana prohibition is a horrible waste of good police time.

In my 18 years of police experience I was dispatched to zero calls
for service generated by the use of marijuana.

Officer Howard J. Wooldridge (retired)

Education Specialist, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
(www.leap.cc) Washington, D.C.