Tracknum: 12486.dd0ae1726168d31190550090279c342b0fd622
Pubdate: Mon, 20 Mar 2000
Source: Christian Science Monitor (US)
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Author: Danny Terwey
Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n369/a01.htm

POLICE CORRUPTION

Your March 15 article "Trust in police has slipped" was excellent. I am
quite convinced that most police corruption is a direct consequence of the
drug war. Police officers have far too much power. They can destroy a
person's life by planting minuscule amounts of banned drugs during an
arrest. Drug possession is the singular instance of a victimless crime with
horrendous prison sentences awaiting those falsely convicted.

Danny Terwey
Santa Cruz, Calif.