BUSTS WON'T SLOW DRUG TRADE

I'm writing about the Dec. 23 article titled, "Police arrest two in pot
bust."

I'm sure that many marijuana growers and sellers are thankful to the agents
of the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Narcotics Task Force 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.