Tuesday, December 30, 1997

Home Edition

Section: Metro

Page: B-6

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