WHO'D YOU RATHER PUT UP WITH, ALCOHOLICS OR POT HEADS?

To the editor:

I am against recreational drug use as much as Rev. Gorham. However, as
a retired police officer, I have to ask, what part of drug prohibition
is helping any individual, community or country?

The two deadliest drugs in Canada are legal, regulated and taxed.
Imagine 'winning' the drug war. Mankind has been using mind-altering
drugs for thousands of years. Five million Canadians switch from
marijuana, cocaine and heroin to whiskey.

Who believes that Canada would be better off with alcoholics instead
of potheads? Given the amount of violence and death associated with
the use of alcohol, from a law enforcement standpoint, replacing
marijuana with whiskey would be a five-alarm disaster.

Officer Howard J. Wooldridge

Media director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Dallas, Texas