PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO INGEST WHAT THEY WANT

Editor, The Record:

Re: Pot grow op busted, July 22

Hounding people because of what they choose to ingest into their own
bodies (and those who supply them) is every bit as morally
reprehensible as persecuting people for the race they belong to or the
religion they follow. Like Canada's incarceration of Canadians of
Japanese descent and Hitler's policies towards the Jews, drug
prohibition is a crime against humanity.

Further, any editor who publishes a description of these events that
excludes any mention of the fact that many (like me) oppose the law
being enforced is surely indicating approval of that heinous law.

What to do?

Why not append a statement like this to your drug stories where
appropriate? "Many feel that drug prohibition (1) is illogical because
other harmful drugs are allowed, (2) is an abuse of the right of free
adults to ingest any drug, (3) causes more harm because of adulterated
drugs and crime than the drugs themselves, or (4) is ineffective and a
waste of law enforcement resources because human beings will always
want drugs."

Alan Randell

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