CASE HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO LEGALIZE DRUGS

The article "Supreme Court rules search illegal, tosses drug
evidence" (May 31) clearly shows the need to legalize all drugs now,
because there is no consensus in the United States to universally
make them illegal. What we have is a mishmash of selective
prosecution with too many people in jail as a result of being at the
wrong place at the wrong time.

To wit: man has 27.7 grams of cocaine. Man pleads guilty to the
drug-possession charge. Court disallows evidence because court does
not like the way evidence is obtained. Man intends to sue the Vermont
taxpayers because court has decided he is "innocent." Man will
probably win in court and we taxpayers will be out another
$100,000-plus that could be better spent on our needs or on bridge
repair. This is the way we deal with illegal drugs and it makes no sense.

If all drugs were legal, this would not have been a societal problem,
just a family one. The other one that shows the selective prosecution
side is one drug dealer shoots another drug dealer. The shooter gets
90 days; the one who is shot gets five years. We should legalize
drugs now, because there is no will to make them illegal. This would
also save money.

Colin McNaull

Hinesburg