The article "Supreme Court rules search illegal, tosses drug evidence" (May 31) clearly shows the need to legalize all drugs now, because there is no consensus in the United States to universally make them illegal. What we have is a mishmash of selective prosecution with too many people in jail as a result of being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

To wit: man has 27.7 grams of cocaine. Man pleads guilty to the drug-possession charge. Court disallows evidence because court does not like the way evidence is obtained. Man intends to sue the Vermont taxpayers because court has decided he is "innocent." Man will probably win in court and we taxpayers will be out another $100,000-plus that could be better spent on our needs or on bridge repair. This is the way we deal with illegal drugs and it makes no sense.

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