DRUG WAR IS A FAILURE

To the editor:

Mable Cowgill doesn't appreciate The Monitor printing anti-drug war
letters? While thrashing the messenger, she offers no wisdom as to the
message ("Pro-legalization letter writers don't live here," May 1).

The Monitor printed letters on both sides of the issue and left it to the
readers to make an intelligent decision. The reader then has the option of
censorship by throwing his or her newspaper away.

Many citizens feel that with record amounts of cocaine and heroin coming in
from Colombia and Afghanistan, the drug war is a failure and is collapsing
our society.

If the government can't keep drugs from kids, it should regulate the
production to assure its safety -- and controlling distribution would
eliminate sales on every street corner.

Legalization and truthful drug education is what our kids need. Now they're
getting lies that lead them to experiment with death.

Larry Seguin

Lisbon, N.Y