Pubdate: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 Source: Johnson City Press (TN) Copyright: 2003 Johnson City Press and Associated Press Contact: http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1983 Author: Kirk Muse REGULATED DRUGS EDITOR: I'd like to add that decriminalization of drug use is not the answer. The answer is full re-legalization of all types of recreational drugs and having them legally available in local pharmacies for pennies per dose. This would eliminate: the "forbidden fruit" appeal of drugs, the profit motive for drug dealers and thus drug dealers, as we know them today. This would also eliminate most of the harms of recreational drugs because the drugs would be of known quality, known purity and known potency. The drugs could then be regulated, controlled and taxed by our government instead of criminal gangs. As to the message that we would send to our children - it's not the proper role of a free country's government to attempt to protect adult citizens from themselves. KIRK MUSE Mesa, Ariz. - --- MAP posted-by: Josh