DEA TURNS WEED INTO GOLD

I'm writing about: "Border Patrol finds more than 12,000 pounds of
pot" (Dec. 24).

I'm sure that many marijuana growers, sellers and traffickers are
thankful to the U.S. Border Patrol 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.