News (Media Awareness Project) - UK: PUB LTE: Drug Laws That Make No Sense 1of 3 |
| Title: | UK: PUB LTE: Drug Laws That Make No Sense 1of 3 |
| Published On: | 1999-09-09 |
| Source: | Guardian Weekly, The (UK) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-05 20:54:34 |
"Sex and drugs may provide colourful battlefields, but the war is
fought over the 'real issues', after all," Julian Borger concludes,
commenting on George W Bush's campaign hiccups (Bush stumbles as media
sniff scandal, August 26).
So, after nearly a century of prohibition, drugs aren't a real issue.
Yes, well, maybe. Hundreds of thousands of people who have a criminal
record, or who are in prison, or whose careers have been ruined - in
short, people who, unlike Mr Bush, have had their lives wrecked by
insane drug laws - might feel just a little differently.
HARRY BEGO
Utrecht, The Netherlands
fought over the 'real issues', after all," Julian Borger concludes,
commenting on George W Bush's campaign hiccups (Bush stumbles as media
sniff scandal, August 26).
So, after nearly a century of prohibition, drugs aren't a real issue.
Yes, well, maybe. Hundreds of thousands of people who have a criminal
record, or who are in prison, or whose careers have been ruined - in
short, people who, unlike Mr Bush, have had their lives wrecked by
insane drug laws - might feel just a little differently.
HARRY BEGO
Utrecht, The Netherlands
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