DRUG LEGALIZATION SUPPORTERS 'PROUDLY HAVE AN AGENDA'

I agree with the premise of your Aug. 1 editorial, "Drug legalization
agenda reaches Tulia city limit" - that many of those attending the July
22-23 demonstration in Tulia had an agenda beyond just the injustice of a
particular drug sting operation in 1999.

I proudly count myself as having such an agenda.

Those who opposed slavery had an agenda, as did those who opposed the mass
murder of Jews and other minorities in Germany, and those who opposed
racial segregation.

Those who opposed alcohol prohibition because it was counterproductive and
caused much more harm than it prevented obviously had an agenda.

And yes, we who oppose recreational drug prohibition because it is
counterproductive and causing much more harm than it prevents proudly have
an agenda.

Kirk Muse, Vancouver, Wash.