Thank you, Lee Kennedy, for the recent (March 1) letter concerning drugs and imprisonment. The war on drugs has cost taxpayers billions of dollars across the years and has been a complete failure. It really has been a war on the American citizen.

I do not condone drug use in any form, including the use of alcohol, over-the-counter drugs or the many deadly drugs freely prescribed by doctors for the slightest ills, but I do believe strongly in a person's right to do what he or she wants with their own body. The personal consequences of alcoholism and drug addiction are severe enough without a mandatory prison sentence for a non-violent crime.

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