An April 23 letter writer asserts that police should be locking up murderers and other "real" criminals instead of harassing pot smokers at the park. The writer seems to believe that although there exists the law of the land, his disagreement makes its compliance optional. Perhaps he is right in that it should be legal (that is another debate). He is, however, wrong in thinking that it is legal. We all want peace and for violence to stop, but have these people that support a criminal activity paused to consider the mayhem that transpires in someone else's backyard?

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