ANOTHER SIDE TO THE WAR ON DRUGS

Dear Editor:

The war on certain drugs was never meant to be won, it was meant to be
continuous.

The war was designed to subsidize organized crime, reduce the civil
rights and liberties of the general population, accustom them to an
ongoing and ever-growing police and military presence in their daily
lives, drain taxpayers' dollars, and to keep lawyers rich, cops busy,
and jails full. In that regard, it has been a huge success.

Police don't want this outrageously counterproductive war to ever end,
because it gives them all the leverage they need to harass the young,
the poor, people of color, and people with non-regulation hairstyles.

It makes their job relevant, never-ending, and ever-expanding.
??

Prohibition is a growth industry - as big a cash cow for police and
lawyers and jailers as it is for gangsters.

They are two sides of the same coin. The media-addled public is being
duped again.

Russell Barth

Merritt