Pubdate: Fri, 07 Sep 2001
Source: Herald-Palladium, The (MI)
Copyright: 2001 The Herald-Palladium
Contact:  http://www.heraldpalladium.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1378
Author: Gary Storck
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)
http://www.mapinc.org/af.htm (Asset Forfeiture)
http://www.mapinc.org/find?200 (Rainbow Farm Shooting)

ANOTHER CASUALTY OF THE DRUG WAR

Editor,

How did a peaceful campground owner become public enemy number one? No 
matter how you paint it, marijuana prohibition killed Tom Crosslin, the 
owner of the Rainbow Farm in Michigan, murdered by the FBI after a four-day 
standoff for standing up for his rights.

A hard worker who built a good life for himself and others through his 
farm; a generous supporter of the community he lived in, Crosslin found 
himself facing the loss of his home, life's work and freedom all because of 
a plant.

In the end he paid the ultimate price. Another peaceful American is dead 
because of this senseless fraud, and undoubtedly he will not be the last.

On Labor Day it was Tom Crosslin. Tomorrow it could be you or your neighbor.

Who will lead us out of this bloody mess?

Gary Storck

Madison, Wis.
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