WAR ON DRUGS IS A FAILED JOBS PROGRAM FOR POLITICIANS

Re. the former White House deputy director of national drug policy
recommending we call our representatives and ask them to vote against
legalizing medical marijuana:

How stupid does Dr. Andrea Barthwell think people are? She thinks that we
should ask to take away anything that may help us when we are very sick and
maybe add comfort to our loved ones or us in a time of need?

The war on drugs is nothing but a jobs program that rocks the very
foundation this country was founded on. Politicians run on their tough
stands to make you believe they can stop the drugs and the crime, but we
are figuring out it is the drug war that causes the crime.

It is a fact that only four percent of people are addicts that cause
trouble, but she and other warriors want to incarcerate the other 95
percent of simple users, as well. We can't continue to take the good to get
the bad. I wonder how many of these warriors use the drug alcohol. I think
it has blurred their thinking.

Most people would define a free country as one where you can do what you
want as long as you hurt no one. If you are going to call your legislator,
call and demand a two-sided conversation on this issue. Anything that
imprisons this many in a so-called free country should be spoken about by
people besides those who profit from the issue.

Greg James

Dunlap