DRUGGIES JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE

Re: "Random drug raids target high schools," Oct. 10.

If there is a moral or a civics lesson to be taught in the police raids on
high schools, it can only be that the state has the means of harassing,
intimidating and crushing the citizen who falls into its disfavour.

Drug education is best left to pharmacologists in a free society. The
police have no expertise in anything other than policing.

The criminal model of drug control sure looks an awful lot like a model of
moral rather than medical hygiene.

Now, is that progress from when Thomas Jefferson separated church and
state, or what?

The Calgary police might just as well be wearing white robes with a great
big red cross.

Chris Buors

Winnipeg, Man.