Source: Oakland Tribune Contact: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 LUNGREN DOESN'T WRITE LAWS YOUR EDITORIAL, "Lungren Ignores the sick and dying," was obviously written with a complete lack of regard for Attorney Dan Lungren's constitutional duty to enforce California law. You observe, "The problem with Proposition 215 is that the distribution of marijuana has never been clearly addressed." Exactly. The law's authors wrote a law that doesn't address the issue, so why do you blame the attorney general for what you call a problem with a law he didn't write? Surely, you don't advocate an attorney general for California who enforces some laws and ignores others. The Tribune incorrectly asserts, "Lungren wants to challenge the entire proposition's legality." Lungren has been clear in stating that Proposition 215 is the law of the land enacted by the people. What your editorial failed to note (although it appeared in an article in your paper the same day) Is that Lungren has joined state Sen. John Vasconcellos in pushing for a study into the harmful and potential medicinal benefits of marijuana. Your absurd suggestion that Lungren is ignoring the sick and dying perpetuates a sensationalist point of view that trashes the facts , the law and the legal duties of the attorney general. There is a gulf between what your inflammatory rhetoric promotes and what the law allows. Rob Stutzmans - Attorney Generals Office -