PRISON DRUGS

EDITOR: I'm writing about the thoughtful letter from Geoffrey Davies of
England, ("Drug Experiment" 10-13-03) which was in response to my previous
letter.

First off, I'd like to observe that it looks like the Johnson City Press is
read worldwide, thanks to the internet.

Regarding Davies' suggestion that we make drugs of known quality available
to prisoners for pennies per dose, is an outstanding idea.

Speaking of drugs and prisons - drugs are available inside all U. S. prisons.

If we cannot keep drugs out of our prisons which have razor wire fences,
lethal electric fences, iron bars, security cameras everywhere and
prisoners subject to full body searches, how are we expected to keep drugs
out of our country which has thousands of miles of international borders
and coastline?

When Davies or anybody else gets the answer, please share it with our
politicians who somehow seem to think that if we just throw another
trillion dollars down the drug war rat hole, we will be able to nullify the
immutable law of supply and demand.

KIRK MUSE, Mesa, Ariz.