Pubdate: Tue, 19 Sep 2006
Source: Albany Democrat-Herald (OR)
Copyright: 2006 Lee Enterprises
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Author: Allan Erickson, Drug Policy Forum of Oregon, Eugene
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1225/a04.html?397

ALL THAT POT EDUCATION FAILED!

Your article, "Pot-Leaf lookalike leads to book redesign" (Sept. 14), 
made me laugh.

All that work Bill Conde put into educating people about hemp and 
cannabis, all his grief in bucking a system bent against him and 
after a mere five or six years since his departure to Belize the 
locals get spooked by a maple leaf.

While not quite up there with Janet Jackson's Superbowl gaffe, the 
good folks employed here in the People's Republic of Eugene can be 
proud knowing that no good leaf goes unburned.

Besides, as Conde made clear, lying about cannabis is the job of the 
federal government.

Allan Erickson, Drug Policy Forum of Oregon, Eugene
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