ADVANCING THE CAUSE OF LEGALIZED MARIJUANA

Thanks to Alaska, 2004 may be a significant year for credible drug law
reform. Not only will Alaska citizens be able to vote for an
initiative to make marijuana legal ("Leman puts marijuana initiative
on ballot," Jan. 7) statewide, but on election day voters may be able
to vote for a president who supports re-legalizing cannabis nationwide.

Democratic presidential nominee Dennis Kucinich, with an A-plus grade
from the Marijuana Policy Project's report card, put in writing on his
Web site (http://www.kucinich.us/issues/marijuana_decrim.php) that as
president he will decriminalize cannabis (marijuana) and regulate it
like alcohol.

As a cannabis activist and obedient Christian, ending the policy of
caging our brother for using a plant is an important issue whose time
has come.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.