Pubdate: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) Copyright: 2006 The Sacramento Bee Contact: http://www.sacbee.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/376 Author: Darcy Jones Note: Does not publish letters from outside its circulation area. GONE TO POT Re "Spaced out law enforcement,". letter, Nov. 12: I think some pot advocates have been smoking too much of the stuff because they seem to have forgotten some important facts. DEA, a federal agency, is enforcing the law -- federal law. Unfortunately, in California we have a discrepancy between state and federal marijuana laws. I wonder if "we, the people of California" would have voted for Proposition 215 if we knew what we know now; that the aforementioned rub between state and federal law would cause a law-enforcement quagmire, that marijuana gardens would pop up in our neighborhoods, that it would encourage the involvement of organized crime. Pot advocates say that Proposition 215 is for those who are seriously ill, but the truth is that all one needs to get medical marijuana is a recommendation from a doctor, not an actual medical prescription. From what I can tell, it doesn't take much to get a doctor's recommendation; local free publications carry ads for doctors who will write them. To me, medical marijuana is an absurdity. Maybe we should locate all dispensaries and marijuana gardens next to people who voted for Proposition 215. I bet a lot of people would be singing a different tune. - - Darcy Jones, Sacramento - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom