Pubdate: Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Source: Ogdensburg Journal/Advance News (NY)
Copyright: 2005 Johnson Newspaper Corp.
Contact: http://www.ogd.com/letter.htm
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/689
Author: Kevin Doran
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05.n1316.a11.html

WAR ON DRUGS

To The Editor:

As the Bush Administration leads America into a long war on terror,
let's look at the long on-going (failed) war of the last century: the
war on drugs in America, and why.

During the years of prohibition and before, you could go into a drug
store and buy marijuana, heroin, cocaine as medicine over the counter
(and treated as medicine).

Were there people addicted to these drugs? Yes. Was it wide spread?
No.

We have people addicted to alcohol and tobacco products that are legal
(because the government is getting its cut in taxes). Were drugs made
illegal for your safety? No.

Prohibition ended in 1933 under president FDR (Franklin Delano
Roosevelt) and alcohol-related DWI accidents account for nearly 20,000
deaths per year, not counting related domestic problems. Tobacco
products kill over 400,000 a year (see www.cancer.org )

Tobacco subsidizing is another program started by President FDR so
tobacco would be affordable to the poor and the working man (now
called the poor working man [people]).

Every year thousands of people die from FDA (Food and Drug
Administration) approved drugs, yet nobody has ever overdosed from
smoking marijuana. Throwing nonviolent drug users in jail for years
(for your safety) and letting the monsters (murderers, etc, etc) loose
doesn't make any sense!

The real reason marijuana, heroin, and cocaine were made illegal is
because they were used as medicine and cheap for the poor and working
man and they were competition for the international drug companies.

President FDR, servant of the (international banksters, oil companies,
drug companies) rich drug companies made them illegal so the poor and
working man would have to go to the international drug companies and
buy expensive prescriptions for their illnesses.

The drug policies in this country need to be examined and changed,
including legalizing of drugs and education of use as medicine, with
treatment rather than jail for nonviolent addicts.

In the war on drugs, our police have been turned into mercenaries to
control the drug market, like our solders and Marines, have been
turned into mercenaries for the control of oil.

In this artificially created energy crisis, oil companies are making
record profits. Do to the fact that efforts of environmental extremist
like former Vice President Al Gore, who do not want more oil drilling,
our solders and Marines and their families are making the ultimate
sacrifice.

For more information on this subject of drugs go to: Marijuana Policy
Project www.mpp.org, and www.drugwarfacts.org.

Kevin Doran

Massena
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