Pubdate: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA) Copyright: 2007 Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Contact: http://www.newsreview.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/559 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n742/a05.html Author: Ralph Givens WHERE'S THE HARM? Re: "Caught in the middle" (Newslines, by Robert Speer, CN&R, June 21): The very idea that people are being imprisoned for using marijuana makes me ashamed to be an American. When I hear that Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel Wong is using fraudulent evidence to convict a medical marijuana user, my disgust becomes complete. Refusing to recognize the right of California voters to legalize medical marijuana makes President Bush guilty of lying, because before he was elected he said, "I believe each state can choose that decision as they so choose." What evil has Bryan Epis done by growing and using marijuana? Has he murdered anyone under the influence? Has he gone on a one-man crime wave because of smoking pot? Has Epis assaulted, robbed or done any wrong to his fellow man because of using marijuana? If Epis has harmed no one, why is he facing [the resumption of] a 10-year prison sentence? Could it be because of the fables, fictions and false witness marijuana prohibition is based on? It is a sign of moral bankruptcy to enforce such absurd laws. RALPH GIVENS Daly City - --- MAP posted-by: Steve Heath