DRUG LAWS NOT DISCRIMINATION

Editor, The News:

Re: Alan Randell's letter of June 3 ('Morally reprehensible'):

Randell is entitled to his own opinion, but needs to be aware that he
cannot compare issues that are different.

In his letter, Randell compares our drug laws to the internment of Japanese
during the war and to Hitler's anti-Jewish policies. Hitler had a policy to
exterminate the entire Jewish race.

The internment was our government's misguided way of dealing with a war
situation. How does Randell substantiate his claim that "hounding people is
as morally reprehensible as persecuting people for the race they belong to."?

He doesn't. I would like to invite Randell to provide evidence that drug
enforcement and discrimination are on equal terms. Does Randell not take
into account the number of drug-related crimes that are committed?

Drug laws are one of the few ways law enforcement can try and make a dent
into the drug scene. Randell may be correct when he suggests they (drug
users) only hurt themselves, but the whole picture must be studied.

Noah Griffiths-Le Clair, Abbotsford