SHOULD U.S. END WAR ON DRUGS?

What can we expect from our Senate candidates regarding medical marijuana?

Ken Salazar, as chief legal counsel for Colorado, vigorously opposed the
citizen-led initiative that approved medical use of marijuana in 2000. If
elected to the Senate, he will be responsible for writing federal law,
rather than advising the state on laws already enacted. As a legislator,
will he support Colorado voters or will he continue the draconian
anti-medical marijuana policies of his predecessors? It is time for Salazar
to declare his position on this issue.

Pete Coors should be asked the same questions regarding medical marijuana.
Can we expect either of these candidates to support the right of a few
Colorado citizens to use the only medicine that might work for them? Which,
if either, of these men has the courage to stand up against our draconian
drug policies of the past 40 years?

The federal government has continually denied any medical efficacy of
marijuana despite its own research that proves otherwise. The emperor wears
no clothes on this issue, and now is clearly time to send someone to
Washington who will deliver that message.

Who should we send to be the messenger?

Robert Wiley, Colorado Springs