Pubdate: Wed, 21 Dec 2005
Source: Merritt Herald (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 Merritt Herald
Contact:  http://www.merrittherald.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1446
Author: Robert Sharpe
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05.n1975.a09.html

DRUG WAR WRONG

Editor:

Regarding your Dec. 14 editorial, isn't it interesting how tobacco use
is declining without any need to arrest and incarcerate smokers?
Public education efforts are paying off.

Apparently mandatory minimum prison sentences, civil asset forfeiture,
random drug testing and racial profiling are not necessarily the most
cost-effective means of discouraging unhealthy choices.

Drug abuse is bad, but the drug war is worse.

Robert Sharpe

Arlington, VA
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