Pubdate: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 Source: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram (WI) Copyright: 2002 Eau Claire Press Contact: http://www.leadertelegram.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/236 Author: Sean P. Porter DRUG POLICY A BIG FLOP Recently, your newspaper published a letter implying that drug users support terrorism. I would argue that it is America's Planet of the Apes "War on Drugs" approach that is truly fueling terrorism. Drug prohibition is the terrorist's best friend. This is done by driving drug sales into the black market. Instead of legitimate drug companies marketing the sales, this is now done by underworld figures. I have a challenge for the letter-writer: because 85 million Americans have admitted to trying or using illicit drugs at one time or another, what is his solution? Massive internment camps? The United States can truly be a "drug free" society, but only if it trades our freedoms for totalitarianism like China or some other despotic nation. Is that what the letter writer wants for us? SEAN P. PORTER Mandeville La. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens