LAW WOULD HAVE MADE THINGS WORSE

To the editor: This response is regarding the article on May 7, "Drug
law would have been misused, locals say."

I was concerned to hear that small amounts of drugs would become legal
in Mexico. Living so near to Mexico, and with a lot of us teens having
such easy access to Mexico and its clubs, it would have become worse
than it already is.

Here in the U.S., the possession of drugs is illegal yet we have a lot
of people who use them and have them with them. Now, people who had no
chance of possessing drugs were going to have them available around
the corner. Thankfully for everybody, President Vicente Fox
saw the consequences it would bring rather than the good things it
could cause. I'm so happy to hear the bill did not pass. I hope they
will never again think about something like that, that would cause so
much destruction, mainly to the adolescents who would have tried to
run to Mexico in order to feed their necessity.

OLGA PERALES

Hidalgo