June 29 - To the Editor:

Re: "'Reefer Madness' playing now in the Portsmouth budget," Mark Brighton and Ramona Charland's recent rant about the City Council, other city officials and the city budget, let me just say that as an author and editor, I appreciate the use of metaphor every bit as much as the next guy.

However, as a serious proponent of the legalization of medical marijuana in New Hampshire, the last thing I want to see is its trivialization in this fashion.

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