Pubdate: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 Source: Albany Democrat-Herald (OR) Copyright: 2008 Lee Enterprises Contact: http://www.democratherald.com/forms/contact/letters_editor/ Website: http://www.democratherald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/7 Author: Stan White Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1157/a01.html BULL'S EYE ON MARIJUANA William Conde (Mailbag, "Our Most Expensive War," Dec. 23) got an arrow-splitting bull's eye: where would President-elect Obama be if .? Once Obama takes office, there should not be another responsible U.S. citizen caged for using or possessing small amounts of cannabis (marijuana) ever again. Conde was mistaken about the expense of incarceration, however. Caging humans for using the relatively safe, socially acceptable, God-given plant cannabis is a money-making gravy train for the prison industry, police, drug testing industry and their unions; lobbying efforts are one of the reasons cannabis and hemp prohibition perpetuates. A sane argument to continue caging responsible citizens for using the plant doesn't exist. Cannabis prohibitionists are like vampires. Stan White Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin