AMERICAN STATES FEELINGS ABOUT DRUG WAR

To the Editor,

(Re: U.S. drug war should stay in U.S." August 11 Advance, page 4)

Hello from the U.S. Millions of Americans love their country but not its
policies, including the recent arrest of Marc Emery.

This is an excellent article that I wish our journalists would write. I
live in a border town and watch your TV news coverage, cheer when your
leaders stand up to U.S. arrogance and cringe when it looks like they are
intimidated by so-called U.S. "power/money/world interests".

Marc is portrayed in the U.S. press quite differently than the man I got to
know by reading his blog from his prison cell in Saskatchewan last year,
almost like getting to know Martin Luther King better by reading his letter
from the Birmingham Jail.

We live in a police state here and really pray that your citizens at least
try to keep what freedom you have left.

I disagree strongly with Paul Wilcock's statement, "The Americans
are...free to choose their response to drug use, no matter how
irrational." Our leaders are not listening to the majority of
Americans. Are your leaders listening to the majority of Canadians?

Marilyn Hogle

Saranac Lake, N.Y.