STILL MORE EVIDENCE THAT WAR ON DRUGS MUST END

To the editor:

I wrote to you in April asserting that Indiana and the United States
should drop the war on drugs. Instead of criminalization, we should
regulate certain drugs as we do alcohol.

Since then, lawmakers in 14 states have begun considering the
legalization of marijuana.

Since that time 14 states are considering legalization of marijuana.
The Obama administration has floated the idea as well.

Recently, a columnist in the The Guardian newspaper of London called
for an end to the drug war: "The anti-drug crusade will go down as
among the greatest foibles of modern times," John Gray wrote. "The
fact is that the costs of drug prohibition now far outweigh any
possible benefits the policy may bring."

Empty our prisons of drug users. Save money. Use money to treat, not imprison.

F. Wesley Bowers

Evansville