Pubdate: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) Copyright: 2006 The Sacramento Bee Contact: http://www.sacbee.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/376 Author: Larry Braybrooks Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1497/a08.html?283308 Note: Does not publish letters from outside its circulation area. SPACED-OUT LAW ENFORCEMENT Re "What a long, strange trip for state's medical marijuana law," Forum, Nov. 5: This article brought to mind how the Bush administration and other war proponents talk about "our freedoms" when defending U.S. foreign policy. The subject of this article -- Proposition 215 -- is an example of one of those freedoms, I suppose. We, the people of California, passed a law to help alleviate the suffering caused by illnesses, of which many are terminal. Yet today people seeking medical relief from such illnesses by use of one of God's creations -- cannabis -- cannot because federal DEA agents are on a rampage to rein in these menaces to society. According to the article, county supervisors are trying to sue to overturn the law and the state's law enforcement community opposes the law. Well, since when is it the law enforcement community's duty to decide how a law is to be applied within the community? It is the courts' duty alone to define the context in which laws are to be applied. Law enforcement's duty is to enforce laws, and Proposition 215 is a law. So much for our freedoms, President Bush. Larry Braybrooks Fair Oaks - --- MAP posted-by: Elaine