Pubdate: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 Source: San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune (CA) Copyright: 1999 San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune Contact: P.O. Box 112, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112 Website: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/ Note: Original Editorial: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n350.a09.html LOBBYISTS WINNING MARIJUANA FIGHT I am writing in regard to your editorial on Friday, March 26, in which you state that the government continues to avoid a clear-cut decision on medical marijuana. I wonder how many of your readers remember an article that appeared in LIFE magazine in the mid-'60s. The article stated that the farmers in North and South Carolina were preparing their fields for the planting of marijuana since they were sure the Congress would soon pass a law legalizing the smoking of marijuana. A week or two later, a picture appeared in LIFE showing wall-to-wall liquor lobbyists packed together in the halls of Congress lobbying their representatives. They declared that there would never be a law legalizing marijuana as long as there was a liquor lobby. I wonder how many of our congressmen and senators have stock in Seagrams. Virginia Powers Atascadero - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D