LEGALIZING DRUGS COULD CUT TERRORISTS' FUNDS

The comments made by drug czar John Walters at the PRIDE conference
failed to address some important points regarding the war on drugs.

First, his idea of drug money funding terrorism is directly related
to the war on drugs. If drugs were legal, then only legitimate
companies would profit-- not criminals and terrorists. In addition
drug prices would plummet under the competitive nature of the free
market; making the industry much less profitable. In this sense, the
war on drugs has allowed only criminals to profit from this thriving
market; has indirectly funded terrorism and is, by Mr. Walters'
logic, unpatriotic. A second point to make is regarding the medical
use of marijuana. Mr. Walters demonizes those who seek relief from
suffering and accuses them of supporting terrorism. I cannot agree
with this position or his comments, as only one side of this issue
was presented, and was presented in a misleading manner. I do not use
or support the use of drugs, but I also do not view transactions
between consenting adults as criminal acts.

Please support more libertarian ideas that strive to generate
national policies that make sense, rather than those that do more
harm than good.

Brendan Merk
Sharonville