Pubdate: Sat, 03 Aug 2002
Source: Times Leader (PA)
Copyright: 2002 The Times Leader
Contact:  http://www.leader.net/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/933
Author: Nancy, David, William and Ethan Frey

BOOK BY JUDGE CRITICIZING AMERICA'S WAR ON DRUGS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Luzerne County has a frightening rate of heroin overdose deaths. These 
casualties in our nation's failed war on drugs bear silent witness to the 
huge problem we are facing. On July 30, ABC presented a TV news special, 
"War on Drugs, War on Ourselves, with John Stossel." The program featured 
an interview with California Superior Court Judge James P. Gray, author of 
the book, "Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed And What We Can Do About It: A 
Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs." The book is endorsed by people 
such as former CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite and former U.S. Secretary of 
State George Schultz.

Judge Gray offers about 30 different things that can be done right away to 
help overcome the problem of drugs in our society. The book is currently 
available as an editor's pick at Barnes & Noble and for loan at local 
Cee-Kay Auto Stores.

Judge Gray will be in Wilkes-Barre (He is coming without fee during his 
vacation time) in early October to deliver a series of lectures on the 
ideas presented in his book. His visit is being sponsored by the newly 
formed Citizens' Drug Policy Forum.

We would recommend Judge Gray's book to all who are concerned about the 
problem of drugs in our community.

Nancy, David, William and Ethan Frey

Wilkes-Barre
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