DRUGS AND PRISON (2 of 2)

Anyone who calls for a stop to the war on drugs or seeks to decriminalize
drug use has certainly never had a family member who was an addict. They
couldn't have seen a family disintegrate, children neglected, financial
hardship, not to mention the user's own erratic behavior and
self-destruction (emotional, physical, moral, vocational, social, etc.).
All because an individual committed so-called "victimless" crimes.

Just because members of LAPD's CRASH unit went awry, let's not vilify
anti-drug efforts. Both drug use and dealing have made L.A. a depressing,
unpredictable and dangerous place--in the home and the streets.

Susan Mijares, Downey