Pubdate: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Copyright: 2004 Hearst Communications Inc. Contact: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388 Author: Kirk Muse Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1109/a06.html A BUDDING PHILOSOPHY Editor -- Kudos to Gwen Knapp for her outstanding column ("Ricky's Reefer Madness," Aug. 3). Actually, it should be the NFL's Reefer Madness or the U.S.'s Reefer Madness. It seems to me that adult citizens of a so-called free country should be free to smoke, swallow, snort or inject any substance that they want, as long as they are personally responsible for the consequences. It seems to me that what Ricky Williams does on his own time should be his business and nobody else's. As long as he harms only himself. The annual obesity-vs.-marijuana kill ratio is about 400,000 to zero. So which obesity-causing foods should we criminalize first? Kirk Muse Mesa, Ariz. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake