WHY, THEN, IS TOBACCO STILL LEGAL?

If Mark Davis believes the government has the right to put you in
prison because it disapproves of what you put in your body, why does
he not favor a ban against nicotine, which kills over a thousand
people in America every day? If drug policy is reasonable based on
the dangers drugs pose, how do you leave tobacco off the list?

And what evidence does he offer to substantiate the outrageous claim
that millions of Americans are only waiting for the legal opportunity
to become dope fiends? I've lived all over the country and have never
met a single person who's only objection to drug use is its legal status.

The Drug War (not the drugs themselves) has created criminal
organizations the like of which the world has never seen. Crime in
the nation and the world is funded primarily by the War On Drugs.

These drugs are more available to teenagers than alcohol. Until
reading his column, I had never heard anyone put forth the amazing
conclusion that "our drug laws work."

Besides, I thought Mark Davis was against the nanny state.

/Gene Johnson, Dallas/