MY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Arrests Test Issue
Of Medicinal Pot AIDS patient, mom busted despite
law
(It
is hard to Believe that the #$%*ing cops are this heartless and
cruel)
Write a Letter to the
Editor about these Tacoma, Wa. cops! My first letter of
1999 in the tacoma news tribune!
about a blind man
with AIDS and MED-MJ
Printed Jan
6th 1999
Dear Editor,
Jack Hopkins's article "The Medical Marijuana Bind"
about the Tacoma Police Dept. arresting a Blind man with AIDS and
his mother for growing medicinal marijuana left out some very
important details.
Usually
when we read a front page news story about a bust of a
Drug-Kingpin and his mom, we are treated to police estimates of
how much the "dope" was worth on the street. It makes
us feel better about the money we spend on the war on SOME drugs!
How many years in prison are these two menaces facing?
Who is protected and served by this reefer madness?
>
DARRAL
GOOD
MAKE IT LEGAL- ASK
ME HOW!
What segment of society were
the police "serving" by this unfeeling yuletime
bust? Does society really desire protection from the
helplessly ill? What if the stress of this bust adversly
affects his health?
I understand that the prosecutor's office has wisely
decided to drop the charges against them both. I applaud
that, but what about the family's dignity? Who will
restore that? What about the invasion of their privacy
and the public airing of their medical conditions and
arrest records? Doctors who know about cannabis as
medication would probably reccomend this herb to treat
many more people but, cases like this makes them fearful
that law enforcement will soon be arresting and jailing
them. I thank the voters of Washington state for having
the courage and compassion to allow the use of this
valuable herb as medicine and remind the law enforcement
community that the drug war is truly a war on people.
When prohibition was recognized by the people as an
exercise in futility, they banded together and fought for
the repeal of the Volstead act. One of the groups that
was intregal to passing of the 21st ammendment was known
as the W.O.N.P.R. - "Women Of National Prohibition
Reform" and they had a large amount of members from
our state. They were ordinary people who realized that
fighting a war on "demon rum" wasn't worth the
orginized crime that it created. During prohibtion the
medical use of marijuana was allowed.
Al Capone was once quoted in a newspaper article as
saying: "prohibition has brought nothing but
trouble". But then again it doesn't take a rocket
scientist to figure that out! We need good people like
the WONPR today to help reform marijuana laws. That is
why I encourage people to visit our website and compare
legal and illegal drugs: http://www.olywa.net/when
WHEN is a community of volunteer hemp activists providing
verifiable information on cannabis. We counteract
disinformation and work to change cannabis laws that harm
all Americans and the environment.
Darral Good,
member of the board of directors: