Source: Orange County Register (CA) Contact: http://www.ocregister.com/ Pubdate: Fri, 8 May 1998 IGNORING PROP. 215 It seems since the passage of proposition 215 that most of the people who need medical marijuana have a difficult time getting it. The police have arrested those trying to distribute it because they asked for a donation. The government confiscates tons of marijuana every year. Implement the will of the people by distributing this confiscated marijuana for free or stop arresting those who are. Furthermore, I am tired of hearing that the people were deceived into passing a medical marijuana proposition. If anyone was deceived, it was people thinking that they could pass a medical marijuana initiative and act on it without being arrested. If people are in pain, be it physical or psychological, and have a doctor's recommendation it's supposed to be OK now. If they say it relieves their pain, who am I to argue? Marijuana is a herb, not a toxic weed as many have been led to believe by a lying government. John Rachels; Huntington Beach - --- Checked-by: (Joel W. Johnson)