"FOOD POLICE NEXT?"

Letter-writer Robert Sharpe was right on the mark in his letter, "A failed
drug war," Jan. 9. One issue he didn't cover is the right of a free
country's government to dictate to its adult citizens what they may or may
not put into their own bodies.

Every justification for the prohibition of recreational drugs can also be
made for the prohibition of a long list of potentially unhealthy foods. Do
we want our police arresting and jailing us for eating cheeseburgers or
French fries? Hopefully not.

Do we want our police arresting and jailing each other for eating
doughnuts? Maybe.

Kirk Muse,

Vancouver, Wash.