PAPER TURNS ITS BACK ON SERIOUS ISSUE

When the drug war finally ends and people are asking, "How could we have
let this happen in America?" how will the Journal-Sentinel look in the
rearview mirror of history?

As a daily reader, I see few articles questioning this set of failed
policies that has caused so much harm at home and abroad. I see no
editorials attacking cruel policies that have led to America's sick and
dying, who find that marijuana therapy eases their suffering, being fair
game for drug warriors. I see few letters to the editor questioning this
monumental waste of taxpayer dollars, government resources and human lives
and potential. I see an Editorial Board with its head buried in the sand,
acting like the there is no problem.

In contrast, I see newspapers across the United.States, waking up to this
threat to our freedom and speaking out and opening up their letters page to
people questioning this attack on everyone's freedom.

How long is the Journal-Sentinel going to continue to ignore this crisis?
How will history judge the tepid response to an issue that affects
everyone, not just those involved with illegal drugs?

Gary Storck

Madison