From - Fri Jan 16 00:39:50 1998 - Attorneys General Slam Marijuana Trading Cards - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Marijuana trading card collectibles such as ``Hashish,'' ``Acapulco Gold'' and ``Thai Stick'' are under fire by 22 state attorneys general who have demanded they be yanked from the market. In a letter made public Wednesday, law officials from 22 states asked InLine Classic Cards' President Kingsley Barnham to cease production of the ``Classic Hemp'' series, sold in convenience stores alongside baseball and auto trading cards. ``Using slick, full-color cards to glamorize marijuana is an overtly cynical attempt to promote marijuana use to children while turning a profit for yourself,'' said the letter, written by California Attorney General Dan Lungren. ``There are many outrageous and contemptible attempts to promote marijuana use, but efforts targeted at children are particularly loathsome,'' the letter said. San Francisco-based InLine introduced the cards in 1994, and in its on-line publicity material stresses that it ``is in no way glorifying or encouraging illegal activity of any kind.'' But the company also says the cards ``raise serious questions about basic human rights and freedoms ... (including) the freedom to alter one's conciousness.'' ``InLine takes the position with these cards that this nation's offensive against drugs can be compared to the war the United States waged in Vietnam: obscenely expensive and completely cost inefficient, producing far more losers than winners, and very likely morally wrong.'' In their letter, the attorneys general asked Barnham to ''reconsider your destructive propaganda effort'' and drop the cards from production. ``It is our hope that you will find the capacity to act responsibly and comply with our request,'' the letter said. InLine officials could not be reached for comment. -=-=- Want to tell us what you think about the ClariNews? Please feel free to <<email us your comments>> <comments@clari.net>.