Marijuana Raid
Re “Agents Raid Medical Marijuana Club,” Aug. 5: Once again our top lawman, Atty. Gen. Dan Lungren, has set his priorities by shutting down the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club for offering relief to medical patients. To do this after four years of hands-off policy toward the medical marijuana movement makes one ask the big question: Why? I believe he is running scared because the people will have the opportunity to vote for compassionate use of medical marijuana, Proposition 215, on the November ballot in California.
San Francisco citizens voted with an 80% majority to allow medical use when recommended by a doctor. I hope this ruins any chance Lungren might have had to be governor. California doesn’t need a leader with this kind of priority: to prolong suffering by interfering with the doctor-patient relationship.
R.M. DAVIS
Los Angeles
* Lungren evidently believes that California is free of the crime and social problems caused by drug abuse. Otherwise he surely could not justify the time not to mention the cost of investigating and then raiding the Cannabis Buyers Club.
Lungren surely sleeps well knowing he may have put a few who allegedly abused the club’s system out of business. Even if it means that those who relied upon the club to help alleviate symptoms, which defy traditional medical treatment, will now be made to endure their suffering.
Maybe next Lungren could go after the operators of nursing homes who allow gambling on their premises in the form of Bingo.
DIRK BLOCKER
Santa Barbara
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