SOUDER'S ANTI-MARIJUANA CRUSADE

Regarding your Nov. 30 editorial, "Who has the power?" : While you wrote
U.S. Rep. Mark Souder may call himself a "unionist," meaning he sides with
Washington when the issue is of national interest, and a "status-quo
conservative," which means he would resist efforts to add to the federal
government's power as well as attempts to lessen the power it already has,
I call him a hypocrite who flip-flops his position to suit the issue at
hand. Souder himself acknowledges that by agreeing that his views are
inconsistent, as quoted in the editorial.

Indiana residents should be embarrassed by Souder's ideological double
standards and his support for arresting sick and dying Americans for using
medical marijuana. Medical marijuana has received more votes nationwide
than Souder ever will.

He ought to concern himself with the needs and wishes of his constituents
and his district rather than trying to usurp the votes of the residents of
the nine states, none of them Indiana, that chose to make a compassionate
exemption for their ailing residents.

Gary Storck, Director of Communications Is My Medicine Legal YET?, Madison, Wis.