BOOK BY JUDGE CRITICIZING AMERICA'S WAR ON DRUGS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Luzerne County has a frightening rate of heroin overdose deaths. These
casualties in our nation's failed war on drugs bear silent witness to the
huge problem we are facing. On July 30, ABC presented a TV news special,
"War on Drugs, War on Ourselves, with John Stossel." The program featured
an interview with California Superior Court Judge James P. Gray, author of
the book, "Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed And What We Can Do About It: A
Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs." The book is endorsed by people
such as former CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite and former U.S. Secretary of
State George Schultz.

Judge Gray offers about 30 different things that can be done right away to
help overcome the problem of drugs in our society. The book is currently
available as an editor's pick at Barnes & Noble and for loan at local
Cee-Kay Auto Stores.

Judge Gray will be in Wilkes-Barre (He is coming without fee during his
vacation time) in early October to deliver a series of lectures on the
ideas presented in his book. His visit is being sponsored by the newly
formed Citizens' Drug Policy Forum.

We would recommend Judge Gray's book to all who are concerned about the
problem of drugs in our community.

Nancy, David, William and Ethan Frey

Wilkes-Barre