DECRIMINALIZE USE

The following headlines appeared in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on April
20: "More teens have abused a prescription painkiller in 2004 than Ecstasy,
cocaine, crack or SSD, the survey found."

This further increased my feelings for the need for decriminalizing the use
of drugs.

This law increased the use of drugs, created criminal elements such as drug
dealers and gangs who have killed untold numbers of innocent people and
overcrowded our jails.

The law prohibiting alcoholic beverages was repealed for the same reason.
The billions of dollars saved could be used to educate and aid in the
rehabilitation of addicts.

Fred Roger

Delray Beach