Pubdate: Mon, 25 Mar 2002
Source: Orange County Register, The (CA)
Copyright: 2002 The Orange County Register
Contact:  http://www.ocregister.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/321
Referenced:  http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n512/a08.html

ENCOURAGING DRUG USE?

As a father of three sons and a daughter, I have seen first-hand the 
devastation of drugs in two of my sons and watched as the third spent two 
years undercover trying to stamp out the destructive effects of the drugs 
in his area. Drugs destroy families, communities and, as we can see in 
Colombia, nations ["Jury backs Prop. 215," Opinion, March 20].

Somayah Kambui, from all evidence, was using a bad law to support her habit 
and distribute the poison to her community. Unjust verdicts are the spawn 
of a populace corrupted by the attitude that all police action in the 
minority community is bigoted against the minority. A bad verdict doesn't 
change the fact that drugs are killing our kids, destroying our communities 
and, if unchecked, will ultimately drive us down the same road as our 
friends in Colombia. By your editorial support of the use of drugs for 
"medical purposes" you encourage the perpetrators to ever-more bold acts of 
destruction.

Phil Hicks

Brea
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