Pubdate: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 Source: Daily Independent, (Ashland, KY) Copyright: 2004 The Daily Independent, Inc. Contact: http://www.dailyindependent.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1573 Author: Kirk Muse Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1319/a07.html 'DRUG WARRIORS' RAISE VALUE OF MARIJUANA This concerns the Sept. 15 story headlined, "Nearly 4,000 plants netted." I'm sure that many marijuana growers and sellers are thankful to the Greenup County Sheriff's Department for this latest marijuana eradication effort and others like it. Without operations like this, marijuana would be worth what other easy-to-grow weeds are worth - very little. Thanks to the Drug Enforcement Administration and other so-called "drug warriors," the easy-to-grow weed is worth more than pure gold - and it's completely tax free. Any marijuana growers or sellers arrested soon will be replaced. They always are. Kirk Muse, Mesa, Ariz. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake