KUCINICH PLANS TO DECRIMINALIZE HEMP

Writing about America's new, environmentally friendly hemp industry, a
letter printed here May 28 asked, "Is our Legislature asleep, dead or held
hostage by existing industries?"

The West Virginia Legislature does seem busy profiting from the
opportunities that prohibiting cannabis provides.

This is one reason I support Democratic presidential candidate Dennis
Kucinich. He has put in writing on his Web site a promise that, if elected
president, he will decriminalize cannabis and regulate it similar to alcohol.

Stan White, Dillon, Colo.