Pubdate: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 Source: Ogdensburg Journal/Advance News (NY) Copyright: 2005 Johnson Newspaper Corp. Contact: : P.O. box 409 Ogdensburg NY 13669 Website: http://www.ogd.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/689 Author: Colleen Minter Note: Does not accept LTEs via feedback form. All LTEs must be mailed Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05.n555.a11.html DRUG POLICY "Wake Up to Drugs!" Open your eyes about drug policy. Our drug policies create the black market. This creates an atmosphere in which we must be afraid to send our children to a corner store, to ever leave them unsupervised. Katie Collman (Ind.) and Paul Guajardo (TX) are two children recently murdered. Katie (10) stumbled on a meth lab and Paul was undercover at 14. Why not truthfully educate our young, treat our addicts and respect the rights of adults to choose their own medicinal or recreational intoxicant? It would free law enforcement to better protect us from violence and fraud plus create more room in prison for those selling children drugs. War is a tactic governments use to make us afraid. Sometimes it makes us more docile, more agreeable to their waste of our precious lives and resources. Support for the federal war on drugs is inconsistent with support for individual freedom, constitutional government and the teachings of Jesus! http://www.mccoolportraits.com/spirit.htm . God Bless! Colleen Minter Stephenville, Texas, formerly of Ogdensburg - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin