Los Angeles Times

Tuesday, December 30, 1997

DEA Raid

Re "Agents Raid Home of Writer on Medical Use of Marijuana," Dec. 18:
Makes you wonder what the Drug Enforcement Administration is really up to, when they begin raiding people's homes simply for writing about a view the DEA opposes.
It certainly doesn't seem obvious that Peter McWilliams was some sort of international drug dealer--he smokes marijuana for medicinal relief and he's writing a book about his experience.
Could the DEA have something else to protect other than the people from their own decisions?
JOEL W. JOHNSON
San Jose