PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA

In a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal June 24, MILTON
FRIEDMAN, senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, responded to
the newspaper's suggestion that he and other so-called "libertarian
economists" state publicly whether they had used drugs recreationally: "I
have not done so during the past 85-plus years. But I make no guarantees
for the future." On a more serious note, Friedman said he opposed the U.S.
government war on drugs because he had "long believed that prohibition,
whether of liquor, cigarettes or drugs, is an immoral policy."

Checked-by: (Joel W. Johnson)