OFF THE WAGON

In response to the letters responding to the "Hemp Tent" letter, I'd like to
say, Hey Tim, Nelda and Doug (all marijuana legalization advocates), let's not
just legalize marijuana. No, that wouldn't be fair or make our jails emptier or
our streets safer.

Heck, let's legalize them all! Marijuana, crack, opium, heroin - and let's
start handing out controlled narcotics, too! Oxycontin, Lortab, Duragesic
patches.

That way, we'll have all the stuff to contend with on our streets, in our
schools, on the job and behind the wheel on our highways. Then we can use the
money we're spending on our war on drugs to correct the problems that
legalization will produce elsewhere.

I would like to think that with all the "real," big problems in this world -
poor kids, declining jobs and unresolved environmental issues - people like Tim
Shelby, Nelda Sander and Doug Sander could find a more important bandwagon than
the one they've chosen. Get a life, people!

Deborah Davis

Cushing