The Daily Californian, May 6, by Robert MacCoun
http://www.dailycal.org/article/101605/letters_to_the_editor
Mayor Bates’ letter to the federal government may have been right on the merits, and worth writing for that reason, but I would be quite surprised if it helped to influence federal policy toward medical marijuana dispensaries. A letter from Berkeley in favor of medical marijuana simply plays to this administration’s stereotyped “culture wars” framing of the issue.