Pubdate: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 Source: Sacramento News & Review (CA) Copyright: 2013 Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Contact: http://newsreview.com/sacto/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/540 Author: Mary Ann Lahann Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n458/a04.html FEDS NEED TO FIX MARIJUANA FOR GOOD Re "Feds, lawsuits and legalization" by Ngaio Bealum (The 420, September 5): The announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the Department of Justice's stand on Washington and Colorado's marijuana laws is good news. However, as long as marijuana remains a Schedule I drug, the feds can continue to shut down recreational-or medicinal-marijuana sources and arrest citizens for possession and use. The Controlled Substances Act must be modified. We must insist that our elected representatives concentrate their efforts on removing marijuana from Schedule I status. Mary Ann Lahann Carmichael - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom