LETTER OF THE WEEK

WAR ON DRUGS DEADLY

Re: Just another casualty in the criminal war on drugs, May 12.

I appreciate that there are some who will actually write articles
like Dan Gardner's column stating the sad truth. The war on drugs is
offensively expensive, deadly, and extremely misdirected.

The horrible truth is that the criminals who control much of our
societies today have all the power on the creation, sale and terror
related to the use of illegal drugs. Giving government the ability
to legally control the creation and safe distribution of drugs would
take an enormous amount of power away from gangs and huge
organizations that regularly terrorize people of all ages and walks
of life. Yes, drugs are dangerous, but they create much more danger
in the hands of gangs and drug cartels. They cannot be all jailed
and will always create more drugs because it is an incredibly
lucrative business and they, essentially, control the world!

Your children and mine will always be in danger of those who will
take advantage of and exploit the fact that drugs are illegal and
happily enjoy the profits. When will government wake up, take the
power back and change this world?

Jessie Gogan, Ottawa

Pubdate: Sat, 15 May 2010

Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON)

Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n358/a03.html