LETTER OF THE WEEK

NUGE A LIBERAL?

By Howard J Wooldridge

It's obvious to this 18-year police veteran who fought in the
trenches of the drug war that Trib columnist and rock musician Ted
Nugent never did ["We could be winning the war on drugs," June 12].
Moreover, he must not know the good guys have arrested 39 million
citizens on drug charges.

Despite that and the largest prison system in the world, drugs are
cheaper, stronger and easier for our kids to buy. Can Mr. Nugent
spell prohibition? And is he credible when he says this nation has
not been serious enough or diligent enough?

Mr. Nugent loves the liberal, nanny-state policy of drug
prohibition. He supports the policy where citizens are threatened
with government punishment, backed by government police, prosecutors
and prisons if they dare step outside the box of alcohol, cigarettes,
Prozac and Valium.

Does he really think that denying citizens marijuana but forcing
people to drink alcohol improves anything?

As I said, obviously he has never been a street cop.

Howard Wooldridge

retired police officer

Dallas

Editor's Note: Howard "Cowboy" Wooldridge served as a police officer
in Lansing, Mich. He is one of the founders of Law Enforcement
Against Prohibition. In 2005 he rode a horse from Los Angeles to New
York to advocate a public health approach to the drug problem.

Source: Waco Tribune-Herald (TX)

Pubdate: Wed, 24 Jun 2009

Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n621/a06.html