Amy, the clearcutting for marijuana over the past ten years combined doesn't equal that of a single year's clearcutting by logging coroporations. Stand on the jetty at big lagoon and simply look east. If that degree of clearcutting alone were attributed to marijuana, what would you think? And it all says nothing of the hundreds of acres of forest stripped and sold for development every year. If your primary concern is the environment, as it is mine, please understand the grossly lopsided attention given to all things marijuana versus "legitimate industry". I'm not downplaying the importance of keeping marijuana growing in check, but as far as the local big picture is concerned, a painfully obvious smear campaign against an unjustly prohibited plant is winning over common sense regarding the health of our natural environment. The government, local and federal, could eliminate all problems to do with marijuana virtually overnight if the plant were completely decriminalized.
Re: “RSVP: I Will Not Attend Your Weed Wedding”
Linda writes, "click-hungry headline artists in desperate lifestyle sections elbow for the attention of a declining readership. No, I am not above said behavior. But that's my professional life."
How about a career based on integrity instead?