PERSECUTING DRUG USERS MAKES NO SENSE

Re. Crack houses closed, Advocate, Oct. 29:

Drug prohibition was initiated a century ago to harass and control certain
non-white minorities by banning the drugs they used.

Today, the police are happy to utilize this racist legislation to persecute
those whose appearance or lifestyle offend them.

Incredibly, thanks in no small measure to prohibitionist propaganda such as
this article, drug prohibition enjoys public support.

Let no one now say that it is difficult to understand how the German people
were persuaded to support Hitler's policies towards the Jews.

Unless the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms isn't worth the paper
it's written on (a distinct possibility, I'll admit), the courts will soon
instruct our sanctimonious politicians and their media sycophants that free
adults have the right to ingest any substance. And then, hopefully,
residents of Clearview will no longer feel the need to parade their
government-induced bigotry and ignorance for all to see.

Alan Randell

Red Deer