WAR ON DRUGS IS THE REAL KILLER IN INCIDENTS OF OVERZEALOUS POLICE

I'm writing in regards to a letter printed in your paper on June 16,
"Legalize Pot and Avoid Bloodletting." The title says it all.

People have been shot, killed and even suffered heart attacks during these
"middle of the night," armed home invasions by agents in search of
marijuana. Sometimes, tragedies have occurred even when agents accidentally
barge into the wrong house. These guys do make mistakes. They're carrying
some big guns and it's a scary job bursting into someone's private
residence in the middle of the night. An average of 700,000 marijuana
arrests per year puts a lot of lives at risk.

Pot doesn't kill.

There is no way to account for these deaths. But we can stop it from
happening again.

Sandy Cote, co-founder

Ohio Marijuana Party Political Action Committee

Toledo