POT PROHIBITION DOOMED

It's really too bad that the only way Gary Pangle can argue against
Gloria's columns about the cannabis prohibition is to attack her
personally. I, for one, am thrilled to see Gloria's cogent and
oh-so-sane views on cannabis in my local paper. And I'm very proud of
the Tribune-Herald for having the guts to print them.

Personally, I don't like pot that much (it's not for me), but I
cannot see one good reason to ban it when other, far more damaging
drugs are perfectly legal. And when I look at the destruction pot
prohibition has brought us (it's true: Green Harvest gave us ice),
and at the megabucks being wasted on helicopters and cop-on-a-rope
raids, I get really ticked off.

Maybe the craziest part of this whole deal is the banning of
industrial hemp -- a very useful product that would do very well on
our abused and under-utilized former sugar cane fields -- because it
has the unfortunate quality of looking like cannabis.

In fact, I'm so mad about all this that I've vowed to never vote
again for any politician who will not promise to try to end this
stupid prohibition. Anyone else feel that way?

Howard Bennett

Laupahoehoe