Letter from Withheld By Request
Drug Laws – September 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
Dear Colorado Central Magazine:
I’m disappointed and appalled at the way our government is treating its citizens. We allow the DEA to ignore state law in regard to what the people have fought to enact. Federal immunity is another way of saying they are above the law and can do as they please.
I had my life ruined when my privacy was raided because of the DEA’s policy to help people inform against each other to get lighter sentences. I was snitched on because someone decided to protect their drug dealing buddies. The DEA’s efforts in uncovering 1/8 ounce of marijuana and dead roots does no one in my community a service.
I know from experience that marijuana has been a benefit to society — whether it is for personal or medical use. Our government has chosen to call it a “War on drugs” when the only danger occurs when the government gets involved and ruins lives over it. We allow so many more dangerous and addicting drugs, such as alcohol, antidepressants, cigarettes, cholesterol reducers, and sexual enhancers like Viagra – the list is endless.
The Colorado DEA has proven to me that they have an interest in drugs by the way they kept asking me if the 1/8th ounce they confiscated was any good. They asked me three times during my cooperative one-hour interrogation about the quality, and finally quit asking when I didn’t answer. I’m sure the 1/8th ounce disappeared just like the pipes and marijuana that was confiscated from Don Nord in Colorado.
It appears that the “War on Drugs” has made a serious crime ring out of the government. My image of government has been tarnished by people who seem to have a serious disregard for making our society a better place. To enjoy life and eliminate pain are not the crimes or sins that they are amplified into being.
Our love for people is reflected in our efforts to make each others’ lives more meaningful and happier. Please help our country reach the day when we might have less pain, hatred, anger, greed and dominant control. My experience with marijuana has proven to me that it’s not a gateway drug, but rather a non-addicting drug that helps one cope with issues, reduce pain, increase appetite, be creative, and display compassion and peaceful behavior. Perhaps our focus should be on a government that requests background checks and random drug tests.
I accept the fact that we are all different people, striving to be individuals by choosing our own course, and that each of us will fail or err to some degree without intending any wrong-doing. However, basically the majority of us are criminals in the eyes of those judging.
But to look in the mirror and ask, “Is my heart true to what I believe is decent and fair?” This is the true justice in our own conscience which reveals our hearts.
G.K., Front Range
Name Withheld by Colorado Central
