INCARCERATION INOCULATION

Re "Vaccines to combat drug addiction show promise," Oct. 6

How nice to know that vaccines are being perfected to help cocaine
and nicotine addicts kick their habits. As long as a person wishes to
overcome any addiction - whether "legal" or "illegal"- I'm all for
any medicine that will help him or her.

I am wondering how long it will be, however, before a vaccine is
discovered to help drug warriors overcome their nasty and expensive
habit of incarcerating a huge segment of our population for often
harmless and sometimes actually beneficial drugs that they have oddly
enough chosen to criminalize?

Gordon Wilson

Laguna Niguel