CLEAR-HEADED THINKING ON 'WAR ON DRUGS'

Re: Legalizing and regulating drug use, Opinion June 3

Kudos to David Bratzer for his outstanding op-ed piece. I have been
speaking publicly about this same issue for the last 10 years and
really appreciate the help. Being on the front lines of the drug war
while having worked in law enforcement, we tend to see things a little
differently than the average soccer mom and dad.

Of course we're worried about the children. That is why we are doing
what we are doing. Locking people up for non-violent drug offences is
not working. The U.S. has 4 per cent of the world's population and 25
per cent of those incarcerated. These are absolutely abhorrent
problems and we have to change them!

Alison Myrden, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition