SentLTE-Digest Tuesday, August 26 2014 Volume 14 : Number 042
001 LTE: Re: Jeff Mapes' story: ANTI-MARIJUANA CRUSADER SAYS HE ISN'T CAMPA
From: Kirk Muse <>
002 LTE: Re: 'The growing acceptance of weed' (8-21-14).
From: Kirk Muse <>
003 LTE: letter re: It's time to legalize recreational marijuana: Editorial
From:
004 LTE: Re: 'HOW TO CURB ILLICIT DRUG TRADE IN W' AFRICA, BY OBASANJO'
From: Kirk Muse <>
005 LTE: PRISON INDUSTRY INFLUENCE Letter 23 Aug
From: John Chase <>
006 LTE: Re: 'Best help for ALS may be to legalize medical marijuana'
From: Kirk Muse <>
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Subj: 001 LTE: Re: Jeff Mapes' story: ANTI-MARIJUANA CRUSADER SAYS HE ISN'T CAMPAIGNING IN OREGON ON TAXPAYER MONEY'
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:18:47 -0700
To the Editor of The Oregonian:
Kevin Sabet is a professional drug war cheerleader. That's his job. His
only job. The
re-legalization of cannabis will lead to the unemployment of Kevin Sabet
and Kevin Sabet
knows this.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
Thank you for considering this letter for publication.
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Subj: 002 LTE: Re: 'The growing acceptance of weed' (8-21-14).
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:38:39 -0700
To the Editor of The Washington Times:
Most people consume cannabis for the same reasons people consume
alcohol. Some cannabis consumers just want to get stoned, but most
don't. Some alcohol consumers
just want to get drunk, but most don't.
The cannabis legalization issue is not whether cannabis is completely
safe for everybody, including children and adolescents , it is not.
The issue is freedom of choice for adults. Children have died from
eating peanuts and peanut butter but we don't cage peanut growers,
sellers or consumers.
And the voters of Colorado and Washington state have decided that we
should not cage cannabis growers, sellers or consumers.
I submit that all adults should have the same freedom of choice that
they have in Colorado and Washington.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
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Subj: 003 LTE: letter re: It's time to legalize recreational marijuana: Editorial endorsement
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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 19:01:21 -0700
To the editor -
Finally the Oregonian almost gets it right. I could quibble at length
about this however:
"Measure 91, which deserves Oregonians’ support, would eliminate the
charade and give adults freer access to an intoxicant that should not have
been prohibited in the first place."
You are correct cannabis should never have been prohibited, but the
charade has always been prohibition's, not marijuana's.
Pot prohibition is the lynchpin in drug policy. Drug policy in large part
created Ferguson# and its violence.
Cannabis didn't make the former "Land of the Free" into "the Land of the
Most Incarcerated Population on the Planet." Prohibition did that.
For far too long Oregonian editors have been on the wrong side of the
discussion. But I guess being late to the party is better than not showing
up at all.
Allan Erickson
29559 Clear Lake Rd
Eugene, OR 97402
541-285-3218
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Subj: 004 LTE: Re: 'HOW TO CURB ILLICIT DRUG TRADE IN W' AFRICA, BY OBASANJO'
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 19:25:43 -0700
To the Editor of The Guardian:
Sirs, I have some simple advice for Nigeria and the rest of the world:
Carefully observe
U. S. drug policies and then do the opposite. Don't follow us--we're lost.
The U. S. has been attempting to nullify the laws of supply and demand
for more
than 100 years. The net results are that illegal drugs are just as
available today as they
were 100 ago.
Prohibition does not work. It never has and never will.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
U. S. A.
(480) 396-3399
Thank you for considering this letter for publication.
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Subj: 005 LTE: PRISON INDUSTRY INFLUENCE Letter 23 Aug
From: John Chase <>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:24:39 -0700
Letter send online to Tampa Bay Times
Re: PRISON INDUSTRY INFLUENCE Letter 23 Aug
That letter makes the point that law enforcement will enforce anti-drug
laws to enhance their own self interests, not necessarily to reduce drug
addiction. The opposition of the Florida Sheriff's Association to
Amendment2 is an example, according to the letter.
I agree. But I am also an optimist. I believe that when voters put
Amendment2 into the FL Constitution, as polls indicate they will, the
sheriffs will innovate. They will shift money around to do more on-foot
community policing, for instance, and less pot busting. This happened in
MA after 2008, when MA voted 65-34 to decriminalize marijuana. The
change was so profound that in 2010, counties in the Boston area made
ONE SIXTIETH of the arrests, per capita, that Pinellas made that year.
Sheriffs in Florida are elected and will respond to voters. True that
money speaks, but votes speak louder.
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Subj: 006 LTE: Re: 'Best help for ALS may be to legalize medical marijuana'
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:08:03 -0700
To the Editor of The Capital Times:
Thanks for publishing Gary Storck's thoughtful letter: "Best help for
ALS may be to
legalize medical marijuana" (8-25-14). I'd like to add that cannabis not
only treats
ALS and many types of cancer, it help prevent these diseases.
I strongly suggest the readers read Clint Werner's book: "MARIJUANA: GATEWAY
TO HEALTH: How cannabis protects us from cancer and Alzheimer's disease."
Why has our government not informed us about the many health benefits of
cannabis? Because they are prevented by law from doing so. A provision of
the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 prohibits any government agency or
employee from investigating or researching any of the benefits of any now
illegal substance.
Our government can only research and fund research into the potential harms
of cannabis, but never any benefits. Is something wrong with this situation?
I certainly think so.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
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