MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD

I'm writing about: "Pot bust yields 4 pounds, 33 plants, 5 arrests and
three children" (Oct. 4).

I'm sure many marijuana growers and sellers are thankful to the Sheriff's
Department narcotics detectives for this recent 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 or sellers arrested will soon be replaced; they
always are.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, AZ