AMERICA SHOULD LEGALIZE CANNABIS

Having trouble affording historically discredited racist drug war laws?

It would be difficult to dream up a worse way to deal with America's drug
problems and solutions to keeping children away from drugs than our current
example ("Narcotics bureau leader gives state ultimatum on cuts," Dec. 19,
1A). Accomplishments of this prohibitionist war reveal a bigger Al Capone
known as Osama bin Laden financed by our own ignorance.

At the very least, cannabis and hemp must be re-legalized, which allows
more resources used toward hard drug abuse. It defies integrity and
rationality to cage humans for using cannabis.

And to cage sick citizens using cannabis for relief of pain is vile, morbid
and spiteful for a civilization in the year 2001.

Further, as a Christian, it is a sin to cage your brother or neighbor for
using cannabis. Thank God for cannabis. Accept cannabis for what it is as
described on the very first page of the Bible (Genesis. 1:11-12; 29-30).

Stan White, Dillon, Colo