February 16, 2008 - 12:00 a.m. EST

Dear Editor,

I totally agree with Bob Wood’s Jan. 19th letter regarding the drug raids.

I know what he was talking about, because I am a victim of one of those terrorist raids.

Heavily-armed ninja-clad thieves broke into my home and robbed me. They claimed that an anonymous source told them that I had marijuana in my home. They went through my house as if they were at an estate sale. They stole anything they wanted to steal. They took my wallet right out of my pocket and stole all of my cash, and I had just cashed my disability check. They stole my 20 ga. shotgun that I bought 20 years ago and have not used in 15 years.

They still were not satisfied cleaning out my home. They went outside, looked my truck over, and decided to steal it as well. If it was not bad enough being robbed, I had to be subjected to these young heavily armed hoodlums terrorizing me, screaming and yelling at me and ordering me around in my own home.

I am not a drug dealer nor do I support the illegal drug trade in any way, shape or form. In no way am I now or have I ever been a threat to society.

I was raised in a Christian home and have read the Holy Bible my entire life. I believe that people have a God-given right to use the all natural medical herb cannabis. After all, how was the Cannabis plant used during Biblical times? It was used as clothing, paper, cord, sails, fishnet, oil, sealant, incense, food, and in ceremony, relaxation and medicine.

These raids remind me of a passage from the Holy Bible, “Beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing.” In my opinion, the people supporting and carrying out this drug war are wolves in sheep’s clothing.

Before they drove my truck out of my yard, I begged them to leave me my truck full of wood that I had just purchased, because it was my only source of heat for my home. I was desperate: I had no money to buy more wood, nor a truck to haul it with. I was afraid that my parrot would freeze to death. One of the thieves looked to another and said, “I guess we could leave him his wood, we don’t want to look too dirty.”

If you would like to help put an end to these terrorizing raids, you can go to stopthedrugwar.org and sign the petition to our government entitled “Enough is Enough.”

Keith Campbell

Unionville