Pubdate: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 Source: Florida Keys Keynoter (FL) Copyright: 1999 Florida Keys Keynoter Contact: 3015 Overseas Highway Marathon, FL 33050 Website: http://www.keynoter.com/ Author: Bob Horan, Marathon DECLARE A TRUCE IN WAR ON DRUGS Re: The sheriff's "lack of deputies" story by Larry Kahn in the Nov. 20 Keynoter. The sheriff claims he needs more deputies. I don't know how many deputies the sheriff has but I know how to cut the number he needs substantially. Declare a truce in the war on drugs. Start with the people who need marijuana (because of the reaction to their AIDS medication) and the people on chemotherapy (because of cancer) and the terminally ill who simply want to die comfortably. The Sheriff's Log has many arrests for possession of a controlled substance and/or probation violation (also drug related). If the sheriff stopped the exploitation of addicts, who knows, maybe he wouldn't need so many cops. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D