Pubdate: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 Source: Amador Ledger Dispatch (CA) Copyright: 2004 Amador Ledger Dispatch Contact: http://www.ledger-dispatch.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3431 Author: Kirk Muse Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1360/a07.html MARIJUANA RAIDS SOLVE NOTHING I'm writing about "SWAT team raids rugged pot camps," in the Ledger for Sept. 24. I'm sure that many marijuana growers and sellers are thankful to the SWAT team of the Amador County Sheriff's Office for this marijuana suppression 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 completely tax free. Any marijuana growers or sellers arrested will soon be replaced; they always are. Kirk Muse Mesa, Ariz. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake