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Disgusted by Gill's
comments
To the editor:
I read with disgust the
comments of Gordon Gill (Quips & Quotes, May 8).
According to Gill, the majority of registered voters in
California are nothing but outlaws and criminals for voting to
legalize marijuana for medical purposes. Perhaps Gill has a
plan to build walls and electric fenses around the state to keep
these criminals from breaking out and terrorizing the rest of the
nation.
And, perhaps, Gill has
a plan to protect us from the Iowa Senate, which voted 50-0 to
distribute medical pot here in Iowa in 1993 (something which they
later found out would be in violation of federal law). Not
to mention the House Committee on Human Resources, which voted
unanimously to ask for federal legalization of medical pot back
in 1994. Yes sir, a real bunch of hippies, rioters and gang
members.
Gill's passionate plea
to criminalize the possession of tobacco show his complete
disregard for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
That's the only solution small-minded people can come up with for
complex social, economic and medical problems - pass a law making
it illegal. If it isn't dangerous enough already, we'll
make it dangerous, by golly.
Carl E. Olsen
Des Moines
Thursday, May 15, 1997, Page 6A
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