News (Media Awareness Project) - US MD: PUB LTE: End America's Dysfunctional Drug War |
| Title: | US MD: PUB LTE: End America's Dysfunctional Drug War |
| Published On: | 2011-03-08 |
| Source: | Baltimore Sun (MD) |
| Fetched On: | 2011-03-20 00:58:40 |
END AMERICA'S DYSFUNCTIONAL DRUG WAR
As a retired detective, I heartily agree with the Neill Franklin that
the "war on drugs" has been a dysfunctional, disastrous policy without
benefit ("Save a cop: End the drug war," March 7).
Worse, because my colleagues spend so much time chasing drug
offenders, we are missing the animals who hurt women and children.
Detectives flying around in helicopters are not arresting the
pedophiles in Internet chat rooms. Officers searching a car for pot
miss the deadly drunk drivers who sail past those stops.
If you have a drug problem, from alcohol to cocaine, see a doctor.
Will we ever be as wise as our grandparents and repeal this modern
prohibition?
Howard Wooldridge
Adamstown
As a retired detective, I heartily agree with the Neill Franklin that
the "war on drugs" has been a dysfunctional, disastrous policy without
benefit ("Save a cop: End the drug war," March 7).
Worse, because my colleagues spend so much time chasing drug
offenders, we are missing the animals who hurt women and children.
Detectives flying around in helicopters are not arresting the
pedophiles in Internet chat rooms. Officers searching a car for pot
miss the deadly drunk drivers who sail past those stops.
If you have a drug problem, from alcohol to cocaine, see a doctor.
Will we ever be as wise as our grandparents and repeal this modern
prohibition?
Howard Wooldridge
Adamstown
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