DRUG WAR WEARY

I'm sure that many marijuana growers and sellers are thankful to the
local police and the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency for this recent
pot bust and others like it. ("Police make $140K pot bust"
Sierrasun.com Dec. 6, and page A1 today).

Without marijuana busts like this, marijuana would be worth what
other easy-to-grow weeds are worth - very little. Thanks to so-called
"drug-warriors" like the Drug Enforcement Administration, the
easy-to-grow weed is more valuable 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.