Pubdate: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 Source: Sacramento News & Review (CA) Copyright: 2010 Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Contact: http://newsreview.com/sacto/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/540 Author: Mark AN AD THAT WORKED HIS NERVES Re "CannaCare" (SN&R Advertisements, July 1): In the first [page of the] ad, CannaCare has come out against the California Regulate, [Control] and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010. If this act passes, it will obviously hurt the business interests of those businesses selling "medical" cannabis. I have no medical issues. I could make some up and pay a few hundred dollars to various doctors and be legally able to buy herb from business like CannaCare, but these businesses charge way too much for herb. I can get it thru non-co-op sources way cheaper than their Reagan-era prices. I've been smoking herb for 40 years and have been a very productive member of society and a law-abiding citizen-and I want to grow it for myself. People like me helped get Proposition 215 passed. The proposed law is the next step in complete legalization of the herb. We don't need another middleman operation controlling what was created by God and meant to be free. And that leads to page two of the CannaCare ad: the linking of the Ten Commandments to the strength of our nation. The Ten Commandments have nothing to do with the forming of our nation. Our nation was formed on the principle of separation of church and state. "One nation under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954. Everybody who has not heard George Carlin's take on the Ten Commandments needs to hear it-it's all over YouTube. Keep thy religion to thy self! I will spread the word to all card-carrying "medical" cannabis smokers I know to boycott CannaCare. Please stop spreading around disinformation. Just legalize it! Mark Sacramento - --- MAP posted-by: Matt