INCARCERATION WILL KEEP US FROM BEING VICTIMIZED

* * * Scheer stated that incarceration won't solve the drug problem.
He may be right, but incarceration will keep us from being victimized
by the same drug addicts over and over again. Drug addicts are the
burglars, robbers and thieves among us. Treatment success rates are
dismal for rock cocaine and heroin users. Scheer also suggests that
rock (crack) and powder cocaine have the same effect on the body. Ask
users of rock and they will tell you that the high produced by rock is
infinitely more intense than that produced by powder. The bottom line
is an infinitely more dangerous and addictive drug. As a police
officer, I support efforts to increase treatment and incarceration of
drug addicts.

DAN ROBBINS,
Rancho Palos Verdes