Editor's note: The following letter is from the graphic designer who donates many long hours of his time to producing the MAPS newsletter.
November 28,1993
Dear Rick,
Why do I continue to do this? See the attached photocopies of two items from the local newsletter next week. First day: a front page story with color photo of a local pot bust using high-tech, infra-red heat sensing, gestapo equipment. The following day an editorial endorsing more of the same and equating marijuana with violence to rationalize continued and ever more... When I read stuff like this I get so very angry, and depressed. There are so many other things our taxes could be used for ...
But, why let that negative energy burn me out? Instead, you and MAPS allow me an opportunity to put it to good use. That, added to what I believe about the role of psychedelics as an evolutionary catalyst is why I welcome the opportunity to be of any assistance to the MAPS agenda, and is why I keep on. Thank you for letting me be a part of it!
Roger