PROHIBITION IS A POLICY OF FAILURE THAT'S NO JOKE OR REASON TO LAUGH

EDITOR, THE TIMES:

Your headline, War on drugs a joke to ex-cop (Tuesday, Feb 28,
Times), is incongruous with the subject and the content of the article.

Christina Toth doesn't raise the issue of humour and neither does
former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper.

Stamper, as a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, is ahead
of the curve on the issue of drugs and their prohibition.

As Canada continues her civil and political degradation by following
United States dictates on illicit drugs policy it seems prudent to
listen to the voices of experience Stamper represents as a member of LEAP.

Prohibition is the cause of social declinations surrounding the abuse
of drugs. Prohibition is a policy of failure in fact, practice and principle.

Prohibition is no joke.

Allan Erickson

Eugene, Oregon