POT BUSTS INCREASE PROFITS FOR REMAINING GROWERS

I'm writing about "3 arrested in marijuana bust" (May 1).

I'm sure that many marijuana growers and sellers are thankful to the police
for this latest marijuana bust and others like it.

Without operations like this, marijuana would be worth what other
easy-to-grow weeds are worth -- very little. Thanks to the Drug Enforcement
Administration and other so-called "drug warriors," the easy-to-grow weed
is worth more than pure gold -- and completely tax-free.

Any marijuana growers, sellers or traffickers arrested will soon be
replaced. They always are.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.