Pubdate: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 Source: Missoulian (MT) Copyright: 2004 Missoulian Contact: http://www.missoulian.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/720 Note: Only prints letters from within its print circulation area Author: Rob Uithof Cited: Office of National Drug Control Policy http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov Cited: Montana's Initiative 148 http://www.montanacares.org/ Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1422/a09.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Initiative+148 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) WHAT IS A DRUG CZAR ANYWAY? "Deputy drug czar sees medical marijuana as dangerous precedent" (Missoulian, Oct. 7): What is a deputy drug czar? A Machevelian Prince? Does one have to have a blue-blood gene marker? In a democracy, can anyone go undercover and emerge a princely deputy czar? Or only Ivy League grads? I wonder what their GSA pay scale is. I wonder what they really do. I wonder if as a taxpayer I am getting a fair return on my investment. I wonder if they were having chemotherapy if they would smoke some pot to stop their nausea while collecting wages. I wonder if they read the book "Flatland" if they could see the analogy to their own existence? Yes, Dorothy, there are Libertarian Republicans out here. Rob Uithof, Libby - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake