Pubdate: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 Source: San Francisco Examiner (CA) Copyright: 1999 San Francisco Examiner Contact: http://www.examiner.com/ Forum: http://examiner.com/cgi-bin/WebX Author: Michael Shellenberger APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS George W. Bush says questions about his past drug use are inapproprate. I ask: How appropriate was it for him, in 1997 as the governor of Texas, to sign into law legislation that increased jail sentences for people convicted of cocaine possession? Is it fair to suppose that some of those Texans currently doing time for doing drugs made - as Bush has admitted making - youthful "mistakes" and deserve the second chance of treatment instead of prison? MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER Berkeley - --- MAP posted-by: manemez j lovitto