Newshawk note: We have a page set up about this project
http://www.november.org/light1.html

LTE: END FUTILE, FAILED DRUG WAR

Dear Editor,

Two young sons of a man sentenced to federal prison for a nonviolent
marijuana violation bought an electric candle they placed in their window.
After Christmas it will not be packed away with the other ornaments. They
are "leaving the light on for Dad."

I now have one in my window, leaving it on for my brother, who received a
27andonehalfyear federal prison sentence for a firsttime, nonviolent
drug law violation. This light is a symbol of hope and will burn for all
the drug war prisoners that have filled our country's prisons.

The drug war has not made our country "drug free," nor has it made our
streets safer. The drug war has made us the world's leading jailer, and
nothing more.

What must the rest of the world think of a country that is more committed
to building prisons than building schools? Honest education is the only
hope for our children. The drug war has not addressed the problems of drug
abuse in our country, just ask any teenager.

Display a light of hope for sensibility and justice. Let it burn until the
government sees the light and ends the dark futility of waging war in
America. We need real solutions not war.

Nora C. Callahan
Colville, Wash