While public opinion was overwhelmingly censuring the folly of library book censorship on the Opinion page (Oct. 26), a front page story informed us of another "moral crusade."

It appears that a well-financed effort is underway to inflict a mortal blow to the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA). Dan Harmon, its leader, asserted without substantiation that the law is widely abused. Widely abused? The article reveals that, 10 years after passage of OMMA, the number of medical marijuana cards statewide and in Linn and Benton counties translates to only 8.0, 6.9 and 4.5 per 1,000 persons, respectively. Harmon also said that OMMA "says something about permissiveness in this state, and we've got to stop this permissiveness. It's a very symbolic issue."

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