WAR ON DRUGS HAS FAILED

Thank you for publishing this refreshing perspective ("Tiger Bay Club
Ponders Decriminalization of Illegal Drugs") on the failed war on drugs.

We certainly have lost this war. Drug use statistics have varied
little over the last 30 years, other than the increase to 10 percent
of high school seniors having tried MDMA, more commonly known as
ecstasy. High school students obtain these drugs through the
underground black market, where there is not a license to lose for
selling to minors, or regulations that will be followed to ensure
there are no chemical adulterants poisoning those of our children who
decide to experiment with drugs.

We have learned nothing from alcohol prohibition, when adulterants
cause health problems, crime syndicates arose and fought over
lucrative supply control, and addicts hid rather than allowing us to
help them. At least in alcohol prohibition, they didn't arrest users
for possession.

It is time to legalize drugs.

Visit Law Enforcement Against Prohibition on the Web (www.leap.cc)
and join with me in working to end this silly war against our
neighbors as a supporter of LEAP.

Anthony Lorenzo

Sarasota