RACE AND CLASS IN PRISONS

Re "AWOL in the real drug war," Opinion, March 24

Arianna Huffington is on the money and exposes what this country is
all about. Whites would not put up with sending their children to
prison on outrageous drug charges. We are long overdue in having a
real conversation on race and class as it applies to our criminal
justice system. Americans are basically misinformed or lack courage.
Whatever the case, we look like a dog chasing its tail. Let us be
smart and bring these drugs inside of the law. This will make life
better for all of us.

Clifford Wallace Thornton, Jr.

Hartford, Conn.

The writer leads a drug policy reform group, Efficacy.