In a recent letter regarding medical marijuana and its assumed "adverse effects on Scott Thorpe," we read the belief that the "legalization of drugs" is not a good idea. I would suggest that "drugs" are already legal. But, unlike medical marijuana, these drugs are disguised, widely accepted and distributed, and quite potentially dangerous.

I am referring to the heavily promoted anti-depressant and anti- anxiety prescription drugs. These medications belong to a class of drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), kin to LSD and PCP. According to Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, of the International Coalition For Drug Awareness (www.drugawareness.org), and author of "Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? - Our Serotonin Nightmare": "Antidepressants are the closest thing we've seen to LSD and PCP; they affect the same receptors in the brain." In fact, the maker of Prozac patented LSD years ago, when it was touted as a potential cure for mental illness and alcoholism.

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