WAR AGAINST DRUGS IS A LOSING BATTLE

As a retired police detective, I know how futile all the efforts of
the ADDU are and I pray they never get hurt. My colleague Bill Berry
and all officers know that every drug dealer arrested is quickly
replaced. Despite 40 years of drug war, drugs are cheaper, stronger
and easier to buy. When I was a student at Dougherty High School in
1969, marijuana was very hard to find. Now, anyone in Albany can
easily buy heroin, coke and all illegal drugs with one or two phone
calls. I would dispute Berry's claim about the unit being self-funded.
His unit does not seize enough money to pay for the prison time of
those he arrests. That heavy burden is borne by the taxpayers of
Georgia. Will we ever become as wise as our grandparents and end this
modern prohibition?

Howard Woolridge

EDITOR'S NOTE: Howard Wooldridge is a retired police officer from
Michigan and a 1969 graduate of Dougherty High School who is a drug
policy specialist with Citizens Opposing Prohibition in Buckeystown,
Md.