Pubdate: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 Source: Reporter, The (Vacaville, CA) Copyright: 2009 The Reporter Contact: http://www.thereporter.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/472 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n037/a03.html Author: Stan White CANNABIS NEEDS NO RESTRICTIONS It's commendable that The Reporter editorial is calling to finally get the marijuana ID program started in Solano County ("Don't Waste Resources: ID program is overdue," Jan. 12). At the same time, it's time to quit abusing sick citizens by making them pay for the privilege of using a beneficial, God-given plant. Cannabis -- known to many people as the "tree of life" referred to on the very last page of the Bible, the leaves of which are for the healing of the nations -- is to be used freely. Making sick people pay the state yearly to use cannabis to keep from being caged is extortion. Stan White Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom