Pubdate: Thu, 14 May 2009 Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA) Copyright: 2009 Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Contact: http://www.newsreview.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/559 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n499/a08.html Author: John Chase REEFER MADNESS Re: "Epis ordered back to slammer" (Downstroke, CN&R, May 7): Given the recent actions of DOJ [Department of Justice] in California and of the U.S. Supreme Court, I doubt that anything can be done for Epis short of a presidential pardon. And there are many other nonviolent cannabis offenders in federal prisons in the U.S. They should all be released if originally charged in states where medical cannabis is legal under state law. John Chase Palm Harbor, Fla. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake