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Marijuana not drug at root of U.S. problems
Casey O'Connor | MorningSentinelOnline.com | 8/5/2006

How much money are taxpayers losing fighting the war against some drugs in central Maine? The infrastructure and equipment used to man and fly the choppers alone must run in the tens of thousands per day. Even "successful" raids send legitimate landowners to prison for years when guerrilla growers plant huge amounts of cannabis without their knowledge. In this post 9/11 world, when the blood of Maine boys stains foreign deserts, terrorism rules the headlines, and skyscrapers fall in our cities, money is being wasted.

Serious drug problems exist in Maine, but do not concern the use or cultivation of marijuana. A drug war on pot draws attention from the soul-sucking devastation caused by the scourge of white powders. Methamphetamine, oxycontin and cocaine are the kinds of drugs responsible for death and poverty, not pot. How many meth labs are busted by flying choppers and committing ground troops to the forest?

Marijuana is illegal due to bogus propaganda spread by people long dead. Legislation passed then, without public debate, was not by the people or for the people. The time for debate has come. Newspapers should command the front lines of that debate.

I am very proud to descend from men who believed in freedom and were willing to lay down their lives for that cause. Thomas Jefferson would be disgusted that his precious cash crop is now illegal. Prohibition against alcohol was an attack against our God-given freedoms, and so is prohibition against marijuana. Democracy now!

Casey O'Connor

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