Drug abstinence education, as with that of sexuality, does nothing to
help the children who, inevitably, do not listen. Should they all be
offered as sacrificial lambs for not accepting society's
proscription?

Do "bad choices" have to include the risk of death so the moralists
among us can egotistically proclaim, "I told you so " and give
high-fives all around the churchyard?

If the plain and simple truth isn't enough to turn people against the
drug war, the cold-hearted zealots who bask in the glory of victory at
every user's death should be enough to do the job.

Christopher A. Joseph,
Parma, Ohio