Pubdate: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 Source: Union Democrat, The (Sonora, CA) Copyright: 2007 Western Communications, Inc Contact: http://uniondemocrat.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/846 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n971/a12.html Author: Stan White NO. 1 CROP FOR REASON To the Editor: The Union Democrat doesn't get it ("Pot farms thrive despite best CAMP efforts," editorial, Aug. 15). If cannabis (marijuana) were re-legalized and regulated it would be less of a pervasive problem than it is today. With millions of citizens choosing to use the relatively safe God-given cannabis (kaneh-bosm: cannabis in the Old Testament) plant it's not surprising millions of plants are being grown across the nation. Americans have every right to choose using cannabis, even Biblically, and should demand a regulated cultivation and market system to make it available. Government shouldn't lasciviously prohibit, persecute and exterminate cannabis. Either way the great demand for cannabis will be met. That's why it's the No. 1 leading crop in many states. It's obviously time to re-legalize cannabis. Stan White, Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek