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   From: billzzstring@starband.net   
      
   "Tim Howard"  wrote in message   
   news:4a306172$0$23764$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net...   
   > There is already a problem with people growing marijuana on public   
   > lands, but if the Governator gets his way and closes the parks the   
   > problem will skyrocket.  Most state parks are not gated and for those   
   > that are, it is still easy to get in most of them.  Without tourists,   
   > campers and park employees, drug dealers will run ramped in them.  And I   
   > am not just talking about pot, I mean hard drugs like speed.  If   
   > homeless can build makeshift buildings and campsites in wooded parks   
   > when they are open and go undetected for a long time, then don't you   
   > think drug dealers can set up meth labs?  Some park employees are   
   > speaking out about this.  Hopefully the voters of Kalefonia will get   
   > their representatives to stop this short-sighted idea to save money,   
   > because the costs will far outweigh any savings a few years down the   
   > road.  No matter what you think of drugs (and I favor decriminalization   
   > and for some, legalization), they do not belong in our CA State Parks.   
      
   That's a good point, and worthy of a letter to the editor of the Sacramento   
   Bee.  Someone will read it   
      
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