DO-GOODERS

In response to an April 7 letter concerning legalizing recreational
drugs: I fully concur with the writer's recommendation. While serving
in Korea in the '50s, we were initially issued one can of beer per man
per day. The Women's Christian Temperance Union pressured the
Department of Defense to stop this ration.

The result? Men bought beer on the local market. These bottles often
contained wood alcohol and urine, which caused men to go blind or out
of their minds, making them casualties we couldn't afford.

Ill-considered decisions by do-gooders often create extreme
detrimental societal difficulties.

William H. Kastner

Col., U.S. Army (Retired)

Furman Drive

Charleston