Pubdate: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 Source: Edmonds Enterprise (WA) Copyright: 2009 The Enterprise Newspapers Contact: http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/section/ETPZoneED Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4925 Author: Virgil Bakken Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n130/a04.html PASS THE JOINT, PART TWO Until I read the letters column of the Feb. 11 edition, I didn't realize I had stirred up a hornets nest to even the East Coast. Within a few days of my article, a pothead showed up at our door with the hopes of getting some. I think he was a police pigeon. He was dismayed when I told him the truth that we have never smoked, seen or smelled the stuff. Not that we wouldn't try it for medicinal purposes if it ever becomes legal. We have never done illegal drugs. My wife swears by Hempz body lotion for her severe dry skin condition. She rarely buys it at an Alderwood beauty supply store because it is so expensive. She relies on less expensive creams and lotions. The reason I wrote that article was to help bring to public awareness to the beneficial uses, as many others have done. It would also bring about a new economic industry in America, also a cash crop for marginal farmers. It does have a rightful place in society. I expect this to be my last letter on pot, now on to something else probably just as controversial. Virgil Bakken Lynnwood - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom