SOME OF OUR LEADERS ARE HYPOCRITICAL ABOUT DRUGS

Thanks so much for publishing this honest Dec. 10 letter by Mike Granger.
Our government's war on drugs is the ultimate hypocrisy. The war on drugs
isn't about justice or protecting our children. We've spent more than 30
years under that pretense and what have been the results? Corrupt law
enforcement and judiciary, increased crime, death, disease, budget deficits
and increased spending on prisons instead of education and other critical
programs.

Current and past presidents have used some of the very substances that have
sent others straight to prison, so what messages are we really sending our
kids?

Our senators and representatives have conveniently exempted themselves from
drug testing while Drug Czar John Walters tours the country pressuring
school boards to implement drug testing for our children. The hypocrisy of
this is so thick it stinks.

Our "leaders" need to find the courage to end this insanity before another
generation is forced to endure the hypocritical prosecution of American
citizens in the name of the drug war. If our "leaders" can't find that
courage then they need to be voted out to make room for those who have the
conviction to do real justice and end this domestic policy disaster.

I urge all Americans to contact their representatives and let them know
that we will not support this fraud any longer.

Scott Russ

Baton Rouge