SOME THINGS JUST NOT FOR US

In response to the letter, "Ice cream to pot?" (Feb.8), whether we are
using pot or alcohol we are using a chemical that stops the brain from
functioning properly, and when we reach the point of not being sober we
consider ourselves to be having fun or being high.

Once we tickle or stimulate that part of the brain we are open to other
forms of titillation.

If you ask any crack user, heroin addict, alcoholic or pill popper how they
started, most will tell you the same story. It was fun in the beginning,
something to do.

Nobody plans to become a addict; all we have to do is to use. It's time we
stop telling ourselves lies and get away from all uses of drugs. When we
were little kids we enjoyed life without any chemical aids. Adam and Eve
were told not to eat a certain fruit, because everything in the garden was
not for their use; the same applies to us.

JIMMIE SMITH
Frederick