BAD IDEA TO CAVE IN ON WAR ON DRUGS

Thanks to Sunday syndicated columnist Steve Chapman for his insight on
the Drug War. Let me see if I follow him correctly.

About a million heroin users and 3.3 million cocaine users are in the
United States. About 305 million people are in the United States. That
means about 1 percent of the U.S. population is using illegal narcotics.

Chapman seems to be basing the legalization of these narcotics on the
findings of a Latin American commission. Since when does a Latin
American commission of 17 people and about 1 percent of our population
dictate United States' law?

Legalizing cocaine and heroin is wrong. It caves in to the users and
the countries that stand to make money from the sale of these drugs.

Troy Brechler

Boscobel