GET RID OF DRUG WAR, AND YOU FREE UP CASH, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS!

Thanks to Jonathan Hoffman for this piece (Guest Commentary, Oct.
17). There are several rights incorporated in the Constitution that
"trump" the drug war, but the ongoing assault on an individual's
freedom seems to numb folks out to the point of giving up.

By some estimates (from the National Organization for the Reform of
Marijuana Laws and the Drug Enforcement Administration), the drug
market is now around $100 billion per annum. Half of that amount
could be used for the salvation of the social system, and the
grower/distributor would stay fat, and the consumer would be happy.

Sam Smith