PROTECT AMERICANS FROM DANGEROUS THREATS

To the Editor:

"The U.S. Bucks a Trend on Marijuana Laws" (Week in Review, June 1) notes
that our government is actively enforcing marijuana laws. This enforcement
presumably follows from the goal stated by the director of the Office of
National
Drug Control Policy: "to protect Americans from dangerous threats."

The obvious threat from marijuana is that children will lose mental facility
and health because of the inhalation of toxins. Given the stated goal, the
administration should support fiscally troubled schools and should aid, rather
than hinder, the efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect our
environment.

Thomas Davidoff,

Berkeley, Calif.