POT BUST OPERATIONS HELP KEEP THE COST HIGH

To the Editor:

I'm writing about: "Pot bust biggest in county history" (Aug.
31-07).

I'm sure many marijuana growers and sellers are thankful to the
Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Kittitas County Special
Response Team 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.