PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE WHAT TO INGEST

Dear Editor:

I'm in agreement with Alan Randell of Victoria, Canada, who wrote
that what one ingests is his or her own business not the
government's. However, his letter doesn't answer the question posed.

Meth is toxic to some people but not to most. That statement can be
said about almost anything ingestible. Those who can't control their
use will be harmed, even killed by whichever substance is their
choice. It's not the drug, it's the user. I'm speaking as one who has
lost a child to drug abuse. Only by helping substance abusers will
the harm done by drugs be lessened and the crisis passed. Prohibition
and Zero Tolerance will never work.

Gerald M. Sutliff

Emeryville, Calif.