Pubdate: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 Source: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Copyright: 2002, Denver Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/371 Author: Donna Brenckle TROUBLING PRIORITIES Where are our priorities? A man in Denver gets 12 years for murder! Yet my son, who is addicted to drugs (which is an illness, the same as alcoholism), they want to put away for life. He has never murdered, raped or used a gun in any crime and the laws are such in our state that he could be put away for 64 years because of his illness. What is wrong with this picture? Donna Brenckle Greeley - --- MAP posted-by: Beth