Pubdate: Wed, 28 July 1999 Source: St. Petersburg Times (FL) Copyright: 1999 St. Petersburg Times Contact: http://www.sptimes.com/ Forum: http://www.sptimes.com/Interact.html Author: Stephen Heath END THIS IMPOSSIBLE DRUG WAR There's excellent news from our Florida drug czar on how time and money are being spent in Tallahassee to help protect us from "drugs." Seems that poisoning large areas of the state with a special fungus will help us closer to being a "pot-free" state. Though, of course, we will still need a couple more steps after that to really be sure that no one gets high by smoking a plant. And that would be to permit law enforcement to enter without cause any and all buildings and domiciles for the purpose of inspecting and confirming that no indoor growing is taking place. And of course we'll need a giant wall, fence, force field or whatever to keep out all the pot that will now be coming in from other places due to the lack of supply in-state. Oh yeah, and plenty of soldiers with big guns and riot gear to man that fence. In truth, we must not be too hard on czar Jim McDonough. His is a thankless and frankly impossible commission. And that is to eliminate the personal freedom of over 2-million Florida adults who use marijuana of their own free will and with no harm to others. He said it himself when he stated that use of marijuana in Florida is at an all-time high. Wake up, Mr. McDonough! Two-million free citizens in your own state are asking you to please end the war on our own citizenry now! Stephen Heath, Largo - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea