STOP POLICE CRACKDOWN ON MARIJUANA SMOKERS

Stop the lies of pot being evil. Our government officials have lied for
years about marijuana, while some use it themselves. They still lie to get
the votes they need to stay in office.

Something is definitely wrong when crack cocaine, ecstasy, crystal meth and
other drugs can very easily be found, but all of a sudden the Drug
Enforcement Administration puts up billboards saying, "Think it is dry now?
Wait till next month," and then you can't find smoke anywhere.

It is said that marijuana leads to harder drugs. If anything, the lack of
it leads to harder drugs. I've smoked for 20 years and never thought about
doing any truly hard drugs.

Some people come home to a beer, some to a joint. The DEA and America need
to get their stuff straight and go after the perpetrators of violence and
crime and not pot users.

I believe law enforcement is afraid of people running and using these
harder drugs, not to mention how high in our government the involvement
goes. Law enforcement goes for the easy mark -- hardworking people trying
to relax a little.

Legalizing marijuana would also give tobacco other farmers a major boon in
business. And the taxes paid on it would give the government plenty of
money to go after the real drug problems. Like it or not, pot will be back.
Why not just let everyone benefit from it?

WILLIAM HUGGINS Savannah