WAR ON DRUGS

President Bush wants to put billions of dollars back into taxpayers'
hands?

I have a suggestion where that money might come from. Consider a
long-running program that wastes billions of dollars a year and causes
much bigger problems - the war on drugs.

From the late economist Milton Friedman to William F. Buckley Jr. to
the Cato Institute and the RAND Corp., all agree that U.S. drug policy
is in need of serious reform. Bush is in search of a legacy; maybe he
should start by opening a reasonable dialogue looking into what is
arguably the worst ongoing domestic and foreign policy this country
has ever embarked upon.

Wait, Bush being practical or reasonable? Forget it.

How about a little courage from "change"-chanting 2008 presidential
hopefuls? Anyone?

HOWARD WILLIAMS

Dripping Springs