Pubdate: Wed, 17 Nov 2010
Source: Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO)
Copyright: 2010 The Gazette
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Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n934/a05.html
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n939/a05.html
Author: Stan White

PROTECTION FROM THE POLICE

Thanks for printing Jim Flynn's detailed analyses ("Marijuana laws 
rife with complexities, Nov. 13) on how medical use of cannabis 
(marijuana) works in Colorado.

Hopefully, when cannabis is finally legalized (and it will be 
legalized) the problems associated with Amendment 20 will be 
alleviated. The whole use of Amendment 20 to allow citizens to use 
the relatively safe, God-given plant for medical reasons exists only 
because the plant is prohibited.

Legalizing cannabis will likely mean citizens who wish to use the 
superplant for medical purposes will not need to pay extortion money 
to government for protection from police.

Stan White

Dillon
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