MUCH AT STAKE

I have long been an advocate for the legalization of pot and other
drugs, and have denounced our society's hypocrisy surrounding the
entire issue.

The vested interests in maintaining the status quo include not only
the gangs and drug lords, but also police chiefs and the legal
establishment -- whose budgets and incomes depend on the
criminalization of recreational drugs of choice.

In the latter category, I'd include the liquor establishment, which
obviously has much at stake.

Raymond Graham, Victoria