PUT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO WORK ON REAL CRIMES, CRIMINALS

As a retired Michigan street cop, I can add only one element to
Rhonda Swan's excellent analysis of marijuana prohibition; namely
that public safety is reduced because of the prohibition.

My profession spends literally millions of hours chasing the Michael
Phelpses of the world and their suppliers. Every such hour spent
means less time for the deadly DUI, the rapist, the child molester,
the people flying airplanes into buildings.

Moreover, I know that the state, through its police force, cannot
stop personal stupidity done in the privacy of one's home. Only
family and friends can stop such behavior. My profession must return
to its original task: public safety.

HOWARD WOOLDRIDGE, education specialist

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Washington