Pubdate: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 Source: New York Times (NY) Copyright: 2015 The New York Times Company Contact: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/lettertoeditor.html Website: http://www.nytimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298 Authors: James Haynes, Martin Brodie, Lakewood Ed Note: The article received 68 comments on nytimes.com. The following have been edited and condensed. Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n082/a06.html SEARCHING FOR A SAFE DEPOSIT "The First Bank of Bud" (Feb. 8) reported on the Fourth Corner Credit Union in Denver, created to serve the unmet banking needs of the marijuana industry. The credit union has a license from Colorado but has yet to receive approval for a Federal Reserve Bank account that it needs. So we have to wait for a bloody robbery or a series of them, and for people to be killed stealing or defending pot money, before the law is made unambiguous? James Haynes, Blue Lake, Calif. The solution is for the D.E.A. to remove cannabis from its scheduled list of controlled drugs. Then open the bank vaults. Martin Brodie, Georgia Excellent money laundering opportunity when those cash deposits start pouring in. Lakewood Ed, Colorado - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom