FIGHT OVER TINY BIT OF POT ABSURD

Regarding "DEA seizes Portland man's old marijuana" (May 24), well, let's
see. Samuel Nim Kama wants his 2.5 grams of cannabis [medical marijuana]
returned, but now it has traveled to the Bay Area, where it shall reside in
storage in a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration facility.

Less than 1/8 an ounce of pot, worth $30 (in today's grossly overinflated
marketplace) maybe has now cost all individuals and agencies involved what
- -- thousands and thousands of dollars?

The absurdity here is monumental. In reality, that index-finger-sized bud
is worth pennies. But our federal government's propensity for round pegs in
square holes demands absolute moral rigidity, so heinous is the crime of
cannabis possession.

Reefer Madness is alive and well.

ALLAN ERICKSON, Eugene