Pubdate: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 Source: News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Copyright: 2009 The News and Observer Publishing Company Contact: http://www.newsobserver.com/484/story/433256.html Website: http://www.newsobserver.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/304 Author: A. G. Williams POT-BUSTERS Give me a break! We arrested two guys for marijuana brownies and marijuana butter and a few reefers (Oct. 31 news article). They are going to be charged with felonies and possibly go to jail, ruining their lives. Seems to me we could better spend our police time investigating rapes, murders, home invasions, hard drug dealers and drunk drivers who kill people. I don't fault the police. I think they are underpaid and under-appreciated, just as I think our military is underpaid and under-appreciated. God bless them all! I fault the politicians who came up with the draconian marijuana laws. I'm not so smart on my grams, but you would think these guys needed a U-haul truck to load the brownies and butter. In fact, 950 grams of brownies is 2.09 pounds, 510 grams of marijuana butter is 1.24 pounds and 22 grams of reefers is 0.048 pounds. While in Amsterdam, I found the people to be friendly, courteous and somewhat mellow. They drove just fine and didn't fall off their bicycles. I think we need a little perspective here! A. G. Williams, Cary - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake