FREEDOM OF THOUGHT IS A FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM

Re: "Drug war is a trillion dollar failure" (Letters, April 5) by Myron Von
Hollingsworth. In an off-handed remark following Von Hollingsworth's fine
letter about the failed war on drugs, you stated: "Where in the
constitution does it say people should have access to heroin or crack?"
More to the point: Where in the constitution does it say people shouldn't
have access to heroin or crack? The Charter of Rights clearly states that
freedom of thought is a fundamental freedom. Would it then not be the right
of a citizen to choose to ingest chemicals that might affect thought?

Neil MacNaughton

(Wow, man, that's a profound thought. Maybe you should try taking it to the
Supreme Court.)