Pubdate: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 Source: Northwest Florida Daily News (FL) Copyright: 2001 Northwest Florida Daily News Contact: http://www.nwfdailynews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/313 Author: Mike Plylar Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/traffic.htm (Traffic) 'TRAFFIC' SIGNALS Re: "An old-fashioned evening with Oscar" (editorial, March 28). Whether or not "Traffic" accurately portrays U.S. drug policy continues to be a point of contention. A few high-level government bureaucrats say nay, but box-office receipts and high praise from the masses seem to suggest otherwise. The history of the War on Drugs speaks volumes to the futility of this social experiment gone awry. The past is clear, but what does the future hold? There's little question that critical mass rapidly approaches as the sheer numbers reach staggering proportions and countries around the world begin to refuse to support the misguided, delusional, pork-barrel excesses of this directionless disaster. Hardly a week passes that the leader of another country doesn't suggest that some form of legalization is in order. Most recently, the presidents of Uruguay and Mexico spoke the unspeakable. With the cries for demand reduction at home and the current law enforcement dilemma with racial profiling, the next predictable step is to carry the war to the suburbs. Middle-class white America is fertile ground for the drug war, but the outcry will be deafening. When the war truly comes home, it will end. As our ancestors discovered, prohibition doesn't work. Pass it on. Mike Plylar Kremmling, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager