THE WORLD'S MOST DEADLY DRUGS ARE ALREADY LEGAL IN U.S.

I must tell Doug Brackett (Your View, June 19) that drug use is
already socially acceptable. People openly use drugs every day.

The most deadly drugs known are tobacco and alcohol. He should know
that secondhand tobacco smoke kills more people than all illegal
drugs combined. I am sure I don't need to tell people of the deaths
that result from alcohol.

Every day, people die from the long-term and short-term consequences
of alcohol abuse. The majority of drug arrests stem from the legal
status of marijuana, a drug to which not even one death has been attributed.

I also think that most people by now are aware of the benefits
medical marijuana provide. The same cannot be said of the most
dangerous drugs that happen to be legal.

As far as how to distribute the drugs, the free market has handled
the distribution of alcohol and tobacco worldwide for centuries and
no one has yet found a reason to stop it, except of course for the
unfortunate experiment with prohibition.

ROBERT GREGG

Marshville