PROHIBITING DRUGS PUT PUPPIES AT RISK

It's disturbing that drug traffickers are now surgically implanting
drugs inside innocent puppies so they can more efficiently smuggle
their products over our borders ("Puppy drug smugglers," Feb. 2).

But this reprehensible behavior can't be blamed on drugs. It's the
result of drug prohibition. If drugs were produced and sold in a
regulated, legal market, there would be little incentive for thugs to
hide drugs inside puppies.

Tom Angell

Washington

Note: The writer is campaigns director for Students for Sensible Drug Policy.