Pubdate: Sat, 03 Sep 2016
Source: Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA)
Copyright: 2016 The Press Democrat
Contact:  http://www.pressdemocrat.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/348
Author: Lou Morton

TAKING ISSUE WITH POT

EDITOR: I applaud Paul Gullixson's Sunday column ("Do we want to 
become the mecca for marijuana?). It is well worth reading, whichever 
side of issue you are on. Finally, an article published in The Press 
Democrat that doesn't sound like a paid advertisement from the yes on 
Proposition 64 camp. In my opinion, his piece contained much more of 
a journalistic balance of the issues then virtually anything I have 
read in The Press Democrat over the last several months.

A case in point: Page A1 of the same edition devoted 119 square 
inches of space and color pictures for an article that could hardly 
be considered a news item ("Cannabis growers take cue from wine"). 
The article continues with a further entire page devoted to what is 
essentially glorifying a marijuana horticulture story taking place in 
another county.

I thank Gullixson for his courageous piece and wish it had received 
more prominent placement, rather than being relegated to the bottom 
few inches of page B1. I hope it won't be the last we read and hear 
about arguments against Proposition 64. Perhaps with large color 
pictures and many column inches depicting the seamier side of 
recreational usage.

LOU MORTON

Sonoma
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