Pubdate: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 Source: Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) Copyright: 2007 The Press-Enterprise Company Contact: http://www.pe.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/830 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n868/a04.html?69828 Author: John Zuna FOCUS ON BORDER, NOT POT I am responding to the article, "Feds cast wide net in pot-dispensary blitz" (July 19), about how the federal government is shutting down marijuana dispensaries in California because they are in violation of federal law, regardless of the fact that Californians voted to legalize marijuana for medical use in 1996. With all aspects of our society poised to come crashing down around our heads, I must say that I am totally disgusted with the federal government for spending one dime on this nonissue when there are so many areas that truly need attention. How is it that the federal government cannot do anything about the massive illegal immigration problem -- after all, protecting the nation's borders is the basic responsibility of government -- but has time to fiddle with this nonsensical issue? I am so disgusted with my government I truly want to sit and cry. JOHN ZUNA Murrieta - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom