BLAGOJEVICH'S DRUG COMMENTS INSULTING

Dear Editor,

It's often the case that when people seem like idiots, it's only because
they have a low estimation of our intelligence and are comporting
themselves accordingly. So it is with the recent assertion by Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Rod Blagojevich that he doesn't know enough about
cannabis to say whether he ever inhaled it or not. To add to the insult, he
followed up with the long-discredited notion that cannabis leads to harder
drugs.

If he's really as ignorant about cannabis as he would have us believe, he
had better brush up on the subject because reefer madness is costing
Illinois a bundle.

I didn't expect any profiles in courage this election year. I look forward
to the day when politicians are less afraid to talk about sensible drug
policies than they presently are about their own youthful drug use. That
would be a profile in leadership.

Larry A. Stevens, Springfield