ON DRUGS, FOLLOW THE MONEY

Kudos to Jim Gogek for his outstanding Sunday Viewpoints column,
"Booze lobby tries to bottle up anti-drinking campaign."

Mr. Gogek asks, "So why do we have a national youth anti-drug campaign
and not a national anti-underage drinking campaign?"

Money, and lots of it. Donated to our hypocritical
politicians.

I suggest that the readers visit the Web site, www.saynotodrugs.org,
to see why our politicians oppose marijuana and other recreational
drugs, but not underage alcohol consumption. You'll see that George W.
Bush received over $400,000 from the alcohol lobby and zero from the
marijuana lobby. You'll see that George W. Bush received greater than
$150,000 from the tobacco lobby and zero from the marijuana lobby.

To see why any silly political policy persists - follow the money. It
leads directly to the White House and into the pockets of our drug war
cheerleaders.

Kirk Muse,

Mesa, Ariz.