Pubdate: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 Source: Dallas Morning News (TX) Copyright: 2005 The Dallas Morning News Contact: http://www.dallasnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/117 Author: Jerry Epstein Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1666/a07.html TELL TRUTH ABOUT DRUGS Re: "Time to Talk About Drugs," Tuesday Editorials. Yes, Red Ribbons are reminders to be frank with kids, and parents should explain the concept of supply and demand. They can understand that "Kiki" Camarena died from prohibition, not from drugs. Prohibition is the futile attempt to overcome the law of supply and demand with another law that will no more work than one to repeal gravity. The young can hear that the dangers from drugs are real, but that legal drugs account for more than 90 percent of drug deaths and addiction, not because they are legal but dangerous. That the teens selling illegal drugs in and around their schools are there because prohibition tempts them and makes them cannon fodder for the drug lords. They will learn that they can protect themselves from drug abuse through responsible choices without government help but that they often cannot protect themselves from the crime, violence and corruption that government foists on them through the false god, prohibition. Jerry Epstein, Drug Policy Forum of Texas, Houston - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake