Pubdate: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) Copyright: 2015 The Sacramento Bee Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/0n4cG7L1 Website: http://www.sacbee.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/376 Author: George Alger MEDICAL POT AND ENFORCING LAWS Re "Some marijuana regulation, finally" (Editorials, Sept. 20): We are supposed to be a nation of laws and not men - where the rules we live by apply to everyone equally. But how can our elected representatives compromise on legislation when there is no guarantee whether the legislation will be enforced? A classic example is immigration law and the legalization of marijuana. Arizona tried to enforce border security on its own, but the court ruled that it could not because border security was a federal responsibility and federal law prevails over state law. On the other hand, we have states legalizing recreational marijuana in defiance of federal law, with little or no action taken. This selective enforcement creates a danger to our government and our way of life far larger than these two issues. How can we expect our representatives to compromise on important issues if they can't have confidence that what they agree to will actually get done? George Alger, Placerville - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom