Pubdate: Thu, 05 Dec 2013
Source: Willits News (CA)
Copyright: 2013 Willits News
Contact:  http://www.willitsnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4085
Author: Stan White

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CULTIVATING CANNABIS

People have been cultivating cannabis (marijuana) with pesticides
forever ("What are you smoking?", Times-Standard, Nov. 30, Page A1).
While it is desirable to purchase cannabis grown free of pesticides,
the best way to achieve that goal is for government to RE-legalize and
regulate the plant. Government should take back, regulating cannabis,
away from the black market and allow producers who grow the plant
without pesticides the opportunity to label them accordingly.

When California voters get their next chance to RE-legalize cannabis
(third time's a charm) in 2014 or 2016, hopefully it will enable
citizens to grow their own plants (like Colorado citizens) and that
will be another way citizens will have access to pesticide free plant
material.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.