ANTI-MARIJUANA EDITORIAL LAUDED

To the editor:

Bravo to the staff at Foster's Daily Democrat for standing up against
the drug legalization movement that is surging across America.

Members of these groups that I've spoken to openly admit to their own
drug use -- from marijuana to heroin. One of their colleagues spoke
to 100 or so students at Coppin State University and when asked, "Why
are you trying to tell us drugs should be legalized? It is our black
communities that are most damaged by drug use. Have you ever used drugs?"

"Yes, " replied the speaker, a long-time proponent of drug
legalization. "I've used marijuana, LSD, PCP, cocaine and heroin."

Coppin state is a black university which was, at the time, hosting a
Maryland state Senate hearing on legalizing heroin as a medicine.
Either we stop them at their effort to legalize marijuana or heroin
will likely be next.

They already have a bill sponsored by Congressman Barney Frank at the
U.S. congressional level.

During the Reagan administration, I served as president of Nancy
Reagan's favorite charity -- the National Federation of Parents. the
government has credited the parent movement with reducing drug use by
50 percent during that time period.

Joyce Nalepka

President

Drug-Free Kids: America's Challenge

Silver Spring, MD