Dear Sir,

As a potential cruise ship passenger to Bermuda I read your paper's articles about arresting Americans on cruise ships for small amounts of marijuana.

Sounds like a two-bit shakedown to me. It's just a way to make money off American tourists plain and simple. If Bermuda was as serious about drug importation as the judge in the cases claimed in all his pithy remarks during the trials then why is the fine $1,000 regardless of whether you import marijuana or cocaine or "magic mushrooms" as the articles say?

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