Pubdate: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 Source: Edmonton Journal (CN AB) Copyright: 2008 The Edmonton Journal Contact: http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/134 Author: Stan White Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1164/a04.html NOT ALL POT PLANTS THE SAME It's disgusting that some police officers consider busting marijuana cultivation sites as, in the words of an officer quoted in the article, a "game." One reason cannabis and its cultivation is prohibited is because law enforcement agencies and their unions lobby to perpetuate the luciferous persecution. Is that so they can play games? Millions of North Americans choose to use the relatively safe, socially acceptable, God-given plant; the most dangerous part of supplying the demand is police caging or killing growers. That's not a game; it's a sick discrimination which should end. Cannabis should be legalized and cultivation should be regulated. The law enforcement community should be working to stop crime and protect citizens, not playing games. Stan White Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin