GOT A DRUG PROBLEM? THROW MONEY AT IT, LIKE THE FEDS DO

EDITOR:

I'm writing about the front page story, "Officials see sharp upturn in
drug use" in the Sept. 18 edition.

When our war on drugs began in 1970 the United States didn't have much
of a meth problem. We obviously do today.

In 1969 the federal drug enforcement budget was $65 million. Today
it's $19.2 billion. (These figures don't include the cost of
incarceration nor the state and local costs).

The obvious answer to our nation's drug problem is more money, since
we have only increased our drug war budget by 29,500 percent since
1969.

Obviously, we must throw more money down the drug war rat hole in our
attempt to nullify the immutable law of supply and demand.

KIRK MUSE

Mesa, Ariz.