Source: Orange County Register (CA) Contact: Website: http://www.ocregister.com/ Pubdate: 27 May 1998 ENFORCE THE LAW - DON'T WASTE TIME INTERPRETING IT It's comforting to know that we have drug warriors like Officer Jeffrey Ferguson of Santa Ana out there deciding for themselves which laws to enforce ["a dopey law," Talk Show, May 7]. He lumps together into one group California voters and marijuana zealots. This self-serving construction explains that police and prosecutors are opposed to this law because it was "poorly reasoned...." Someone should let Officer Ferguson know that the citizens of California are fed up with the war on marijuana. There is no more eloquent testimony to the failure of this poorly reasoned and constructed war than the availability of marijuana in federal an state prisons right beneath the guard towers. With 40 to 50 percent of state and federal prison populations consisting of marijuana growers and users, this is big business, along with the unconstitutional asset forfeiture laws, a big favorite of the drug warriors. We don't need more drug laws and warriors. We need more law enforcement officers responding to violent crime unless, of course, there is not enough violent crime in Santa Ana to keep Officer Ferguson busy. Lastly, someone should tell officer Ferguson that the job of law enforcement is "to enforce" the law, not interpret it. Jeff Spicole Huntington Beach - --- Checked-by: Richard Lake