DRUG WARS DON'T WORK BUT THEY CERTAINLY COST PLENTY

Sir - It's truly sad to see the Irish imitating the drug prohibition of the
United States. Due to Reefer Madness law enforcement, the US now has an
incarceration rate second only to Russia.

The land of the free and the home of the brave is being turned into a
police state filled with gulags by a mindless crusade against drugs that
has never worked and can never work.

If Ireland continues in the braindead path endorsed by George Maybury and
other prohibitionists, it won't be long before you are spending more to
imprison drug users than on education and other public services. Drug wars
don't work, but they cost plenty!

One other thing, in a few years time you'll have more drugs, drug users and
drug addicts in Ireland than you ever imagined possible. That's the way
prohibition works.

Ralph Givens [sic], San Francisco