North County Times, 22 Aug 2012 – In his Aug. 15 letter, Buddie Gran has some ugly things to say about the present administration regarding problems with guns, drugs and death at the border. He seems to feel the present administration is at fault for it all. Actually, our country’s war on drugs is the cause, which goes back to the 1920s and was accelerated into a war after Vietnam, when returning veterans were found to be using heroin and other hard-line drugs, and seemingly the whole country was high on marijuana. President Nixon was the first to declare it a war. George H.W. Bush went further. And don’t forget our present war on the poppy fields of Afghanistan.

Chico Enterprise-Record, 05 Aug 2012 – The difficulty in developing a marijuana ordinance locally and statewide is due to one simple reality that is the "elephant in the room." A huge percentage of our citizens smoke marijuana daily and use it much like a glass of wine at night. They do no harm and see this as their right. They grow it, they sell it, and they buy it. It is by far Northern California’s largest agricultural industry. Nationwide, the demand is over 100 million pounds per year, and regardless of law enforcement’s best efforts this demand is being met.