GAME PROMOTION TRIVIALIZES DRUG PROBLEMS

I was surprised and disappointed to see The Advertiser promoting a PDA game
called "Dope Wars." The author apparently found the game to be a lot of fun
and appropriate as an "adult business simulation."

As a professor of international business and a concerned citizen, I regret
that The Advertiser, an important source of information and education for
the children and adults of Hawai'i, decided to promote this game.

Drug addiction is a serious problem in our state. It destroys the lives of
many individual users and causes great sorrow and complications for family
members, friends and neighbors. Let's not pretend that any minor lessons to
be learned about doing business are of more value than the potential damage
caused by trivializing our drug problem.

Norman Wright

Hau'ula