WAR ON DRUGS CALLED 'ULTIMATE HYPOCRISY'

Thanks so much for publishing the honest letter from Charles Byrnes.

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
over 30 years under that pretense, and what have been the results? 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 message are we really sending our
kids?

Our senators and representatives have conveniently exempted themselves from
drug testing while Drug Czar 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, La.