Tucson Weekly, 14 Dec 2011 – MEDICAL-MARIJUANA FEES ARE EXTORTION MONEY Kirk Muse (“Getting an MMJ Card Should Be as Easy as Getting a Handicap-Parking Placard,” Mailbag, Nov. 24) didn’t pay $150 for a “privilege.” Muse paid extortion money to the government for protection from police for using a plant that God already gave permission to use on the very first page of the Bible.