SentLTE-Digest Wednesday, January 20 2016 Volume 16 : Number 002
001 LTE: Editorial: Try Civil Citations In Marijuana, 12 Jan 2016
From: John Chase <>
002 LTE: Tampa Moves To Downgrade Pot Offense 12 Jan 2015
From: John Chase <>
003 LTE: Re: El Chapo got caught. So what? (1-14-16)
From: Kirk Muse <>
004 LTE: Letter to the Editor
From: Kirk Muse <>
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Subj: 001 LTE: Editorial: Try Civil Citations In Marijuana, 12 Jan 2016
From: John Chase <>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:51:53 -0800
Sent online to the Tampa Bay Times
Decriminalization of marijuana is coming as a refreshing breeze. We
Americans deal ourselves a triple-whammy when we enforce a law that
makes a felony of behavior that is not criminal. First, the taxpayer
money spent to enforce that law. Second, the loss to society of
contributions the felon would have made if he had not been fighting the
charge. Third, the loss of respect by the public for a criminal justice
system that focuses on small offenses. There is a fourth reason, seldom
mentioned. Under decriminalization, prosecutors will be less able to
threaten an arrestee with a felony record to force the arrestee to
assist in arresting other violators. Such undercover work is dangerous,
best left to professionals. It is how Palm Harbor's Rachel Hoffman was
killed in 2008 after she was arrested for selling pot from her apartment
in Tallahassee.
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Subj: 002 LTE: Tampa Moves To Downgrade Pot Offense 12 Jan 2015
From: John Chase <>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:20:07 -0800
Editors, Tampa Trib -
Re: Tampa Moves To Downgrade Pot Offense 12 Jan 2015
As we move toward decriminalization of marijuana, a caveat. While
decriminalization will reduce the cost of enforcement and avoid
upsetting the lives of arrestees, it will not reduce the violence, the
murders, the drive-by shootings, the deaths of innocents caught in the
crossfire, or the grisly murders south of the Rio Grande. Credit the
'law of supply and demand' for all that. Demand will increase, owing to
the reduced cost (i.e. just a ticket, not an arrest). Increased demand
will increase price, other things being equal. This will add to the
wealth and violence of the street market. And if enforcement shifts from
users to suppliers, as many of our leaders say it must, price will rise
even higher. This is why alcohol prohibition failed. We arrested
bootleggers, but not drinkers. The 1920s was effect, a time of
"decriminalized alcohol", and ended only when alcohol became legal and
regulated again, in 1933.
It is very important to decriminalize marijuana, but know that it is
just a first step in ending the violence and corruption inherent in
enforcing prohibition against a substance that millions of Americans want.
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Subj: 003 LTE: Re: El Chapo got caught. So what? (1-14-16)
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:39:18 -0800
To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune:
Major kudos to Steve Chapman for his outstanding column: "El Chapo got
caught. So what?" (1-14-16)
I'd like to add that arresting or killing a drug dealer or drug cartel
leader has the same effect as
cutting off the top of a weed. It will grow back--stronger than ever.
The only real answer is full legalization.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
Thank you for considering this letter for publication.
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Subj: 004 LTE: Letter to the Editor
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:38:31 -0800
To the Editor of The East Valley Tribune:
With all the low-fat and non-fat items on our grocery store shelves American
waistlines must be slim and trim. But they are not. Why?
Because fat consumption does not make us fat. Only carbohydrates make us
fat.
I urge the readers to search online and go toYoutube.com and search for the
terms: "Lard will make you lean" and "Eat more fat" and "Ketogenic diet."
In the last four years I have lost more that sixty pounds on a very high
fat,
especially saturated fat, and very low carbohydrates. I don't go hungry.
I'd like to add that all of the for profit commercial weight loss programs
would have filed for bankruptcy decades ago if they actually worked to
cause their clients or customers to lose weight and keep it off. All
commercial
weight loss programs have the same business model.
Their customers go on their program and temporally lose weight. The key
word is temporally. Then they go off the program and gain it all back and
then some. Then they repeat the process over and over.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
Thank you for considering this letter for publication.
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