Pubdate: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) Copyright: 2014 Philadelphia Newspapers Inc Contact: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/340 Author: Janet Lorenz Page: A15 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n555/a02.html NEXT, TROOPS QUARTERED IN OUR HOMES? Just what problem are we solving by seizing the home of a 69-year-old widow because her son sold a small amount of marijuana out of her house ("Revisiting civil forfeiture," June 30)? Perhaps it's a problem of drug enforcement impotence at District Attorney Seth Williams' office. And that would be true across the country, as the war on drugs through policing, seizing, and sentencing is an expensive, colossal failure. This kind of domineering action adds to our city's problems - more displacement, more asset-poverty, and more mistrust and bile toward not just the police and district attorney, but all of us who can afford not to be this widow. Janet Lorenz, Philadelphia, --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom