GENIE'S OUT OF BOTTLE

Because pornography, as well as the simulated sex presented by much of the
entertainment industry, has permeated through every communications and
visual outlet throughout this country, I believe it would now be fruitless
even to attempt to squeeze the "genie of pornography" back into that bottle.

Therefore, instead of an intensified drive by the MBI against
pornographers, I believe it would be more beneficial to society as a whole
if law enforcement would concentrate on curtailing, if not eliminating, the
criminal activities of drug traffickers, distributors and pushers.

However, I have become convinced that the use of proscribed narcotics
should be decriminalized and addicts be treated medically instead of being
arrested and jailed because of an addiction over which they may have no
control.

Addicted alcoholics and smokers are not incarcerated, except voluntarily,
into treatment centers and/or hospitals. Why are drug users who have not
committed any crimes except against themselves thrown into a jail or prison
with real criminals? Yes, drug addicts are a burden on the nation's
resources, but so are alcoholics and smokers.

Decriminalizing the use of controlled substances would essentially bankrupt
all of the drug lords and their intermediates who profit from the
life-destroying misery they heap upon susceptible human beings, mostly the
young adults of any community.

Jack Schwartz

Orlando