THOUGHTS ON AMERICA ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

Editor -- As our nation prepares for its annual celebration of freedom on
the Fourth of July, I can't help but notice how far we've strayed.

It seems that not only are we, as a people, restricted from doing what we
individually choose, but we are even restricted from doing what we
collectively have chosen to allow by majority vote.

While I may be most offended by the federal government's assault on legal
medical marijuana patients and caregivers right now, it is a bigger issue.
It has been said, "This is about marijuana as much as the Boston Tea Party
was about tea." Americans, if they drink tea or not, had better start
paying attention.

BRENT O. SAUPE,

San Francisco