DO THE OPPOSITE

In response to "Drug abuse on the rise among teenagers" (June 27), it looks
like SA is about to follow in the footsteps of the US in its battle against
drugs. Do not do it! The US drug policy has been a complete and absolute
disaster. The US has increased its drug enforcement budget by about
300-fold in the past 33 years.

The net result: anybody in the US who wants drugs can still get them just
as easily as in 1969.

No matter how much money we throw at the problem, we cannot nullify the
basic economic law of supply and demand. As long as people want drugs and
they are willing to pay for them, somebody will produce it and somebody
will get it to the willing buyers. Guaranteed.

My advice to SA and the rest of the world: observe US drug policy then do
the opposite.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Arizona