Pubdate: Fri, 17 Aug 2007
Source: North Shore Sunday (Beverly, MA)
Copyright: 2007 Community Newspapers Inc.
Contact:  http://www.northshoresunday.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3465
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n948/a05.html
Author: Stan White

EPSTEIN IS AN AMERICAN HERO

To the editor:

Steve Epstein's an American hero (High Time, Aug. 10, 2007) standing 
up to the monsters. Government luciferously has caged enough humans 
for using the relatively safe God-given plant cannabis (kaneh 
bosm/marijuana). The bogeyman has prohibited, persecuted and 
exterminated cannabis long enough. Colorado's effort to re-legalize 
cannabis missed by only a few percentages so work extra hard.

As for Police Chief Robert Champagne, what on earth is wrong with 
condoning cannabis when it is much safer than alcohol which is 
arguably the real gateway drug? Society doesn't look to police for 
which music to listen to and shouldn't look to police for which 
recreational substances to ingest. Your job is to make the world 
safer and let peaceful citizens alone.

Stan White

Dillon, Colorado
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