JAIL DOESN'T SOLVE DRUG PROBLEMS

The logic of Jelani Lawson's Forum column concerning drug treatment in lieu
of incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders should be convincing to all.

Just look at Robert Downey Jr. The man needs help, clearly. He is probably
a self-absorbed, spoiled, arrogant, megalomaniac. However, I would rather
have him coughing up thousands in tax dollars then to have me pay $30,000 a
year so he can eat baloney sandwiches.

Besides, putting him in jail did not solve the problem before.

Lee Kennedy Tiernan

New Haven