Pubdate: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 Source: Salt Lake Tribune (UT) Copyright: 2004 The Salt Lake Tribune Contact: http://www.sltrib.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/383 Author: Kirk Muse Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n630/a02.html GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE I'm writing about your thoughtful April 25 editorial, "Cultivating compassion." It seems that those in our federal government have forgotten that the government was created by the states and not the other way around. And our government was created by our people, not the other way around. The voters of California and several other states have decided that they want their severely sick citizens to have access to marijuana as medicine. The federal government has no rightful authority to tell them they cannot do so. Kirk Muse Mesa, Ariz - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake