PRO-LEGALIZATION LETTER WRITERS DON'T LIVE HERE

To the editor:

The three letters to The Monitor on Sunday regarding drug prohibition once
again tested my inner perception and God-given insight ("We can't make
drugs disappear entirely," "The drug war is working fine," "Our war on
drugs is not working," April 24).

Over the last 21 years of subscribing to The Monitor, the pro-drug views of
this liberal paper were perplexing and disappointing, sometimes to the
point of nausea. I've seen the torments of such insane drug use.

A few years back, I did have a few dialogues with an admitted druggie from
McAllen who had written in defense of The Monitor's views. He did so, he
said, in hopes of buying cheaper drugs. I admired his honesty, and he'd
refer to me as "mom," as I must have sounded like her.

Mysteriously, the general writers who support The Monitor's pro-drug views
are from distances and states afar; their views are almost carbon copies of
each other, and they can't be traced. I've tried, to no avail. There will
always be questions about their authenticity.

My thanks to Special Agent Will R. Glaspy for his timely letter, "The drug
war is working fine." It was an antidote.

Mable Cowgill

Pharr