Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau has refused to comment specifically 
on Lungren's attacks, but did weigh in on the issue of marijuana 
prohibition in the September 16 issue of Time Magazine.
           "Before we can get any traction on controlling pot, ... the 
generation that popularized the stuff has got to finally come clean about 
what made it so alluring in the first place -- and then square that with 
current marijuana policy," Trudeau wrote.  "A good start might be for 
every middle-aged public official in America to take the following oath.
        " ... I concede that I once did not view marijuana as dangerous.  ... It
 
was only after my appetite for recreational drugs had abated, and I 
produced children whom I did not believe capable of 'handling' marijuana 
as responsibly as I had, that I came to oppose decriminalization.  I 
acknowledge that it was this fear, and not new medical evidence, that 
caused me to subsequently support mandatory sentencing for other people's 
children caught emulating the actions of my generation."