ADS JUST PROVE WAR ON DRUGS CAN'T WORK

A recent series of slick, government-sponsored TV ads warns that drug money
supports terror. Although the ads are obviously intended to prop up the
disastrous drug war, they could also be seen as a comment on the failings
of prohibition. Not only has 60-plus years of drug prohibition resulted in
heroin and cocaine at lower prices and higher levels of purity than ever,
but it is also funding our mortal enemies. The real question is when the
government will face up to this fact. And it is long since time to replace
the Drug Enforcement Administration and the drug war with people with
medical credentials and a harm-reduction approach.

William P. Jenkins, Bel Air