In a message dated 6/8/98 5:34:38 PM Central Daylight Time, hedges@infonex.com writes: << And Marijuana remains California's number one cash crop as long as it is illegal... documented way back when by Dukmejian's (sp) agriculture secretary, whom he fired after the report. The cops cite you, confiscate it and smoke it, and everyone's happy because they're all making $480 per ounce from the end consumer on this crazy gene-engineered greenbud designed, catalogued, and bred by the University of California biology departments (esp. Santa Cruz). If it were legal, tobacco shops would stock joints for a tenth the price... they need new markets with the stricter tobacco legislation; maybe there's a lobby. I watched Dennis Peron battle it out with some meat-fisted guy from the Sherrifs' orgs in Congress. The cop went on about how "if we decriminalize marijuana, marijuana would no longer be illegal" >> It's illegal because of 1 reason. The "Know-nothings" have control of the illegal market. It's how they invade the bands. They create a dry spell, and then they come around offering free/cheap smoke, gain the trust of the band, and then they say - 'Say, could I create a little official webpage for you? You need to be on the net anyway (the big lie). I'll take care of it all for you.' Stan