END DRUG PROHIBITION

Mega-kudos (not mega-dittos) to Thomas Maciocha for
his outstanding letter, "Double Standard On Drugs" (July 22).

Rush Limbaugh and Richard Paey - and every other adult citizen - should be
free to smoke, swallow, snort or inject any substance they want, especially
in the privacy of their own homes, as long as they are personally
responsible for the consequences.

However, if people like Paey are in prison for the potential harm they do
to themselves, then Limbaugh should also be in prison.

And when rich white men like Limbaugh are in prison for using drugs, our
counterproductive drug war will soon be over.

KIRK MUSE

Mesa, Ariz.