FUND MEDICAID, CUT 'WAR' ON DRUGS

This is in regard to your April 20 editorial ("Medicaid: With tight budget,
what do you cut?).

I have this message for our elected lawmakers: Stop sending non-violent
drug offenders to prison! Save our prison space for violent criminals.

The money we spend on the miserably failed War On Drugs would give
Mississippi many millions of badly needed dollars to spend, not only for
our Medicaid patients, but for several other deserving programs as well.

We need Medicaid. So why don't lawmakers at least try "cutting the fat"
where it needs cutting?

Anita T. Mayfield
Nettleton