Dear Summit Free Press:

There is a lot I could say about the violent arrest of Fred Hopson and Shannon Scott, as reported in the Free Press ( "Medical Marijuana arrest of Breckenridge man," by Doug Malkan, Sept.  1 ).  I will, however, limit myself to the two most salient points.

First, the incredible, military-style violence used in this attack was not a fluke or an unusual event.  It is STANDARD PROCEDURE in all police actions involving claims of "drugs." This is true nationwide, not just in Park County.  People who find this shocking, as they should, need to realize that this is what you sign on to if you apologize for the insane drug war against the people of America.  If you want to change it, it will do no good at all to complain about this one incident.  You must join the opposition to the drug war and drug prohibition in general.

Second, there is one, and ONLY one, way to put a stop to this and the other violent abuses of the drug prohibitionists: Vote Libertarian.

While Democrats and Republicans alike continue to prate about the so-called "dangers" of banned drugs, they can be counted on to continue to let the prohibition enforcers run amok in society with their military weaponry.

ONLY Libertarians have any commitment to ending the violent madness of prohibition.

Patrick L.  Lilly, Occupied Cheyenne Canon, near Colorado Springs

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