Thanks, Boulder Weekly, for your many articles exposing the fraudulent nature of the War on Drugs and the overzealous approach to the problem of drunk driving. After receiving a DUI in 1999, I am still ordered by Oregon to continue drug testing after three years. I have never failed a UA (urinalysis) and have stopped smoking for three years. The only violation I have committed is not paying ridiculous fines. We need more people to speak their minds rather than grin and bear it. I just wonder how many more people's lives have to be ruined before someone in a position of power notices or even cares! In closing, I'm with you guys: This shit has got to go.

M. Alberts/Eugene, Ore.

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I write this in response to your many articles Boulder Weekly has written about the fascistic drug war. After receiving a DUI (drunk driving ticket) in 1999, I am still ordered by the state of Oregon to continue drug testing after three years. I have never failed a UA (urinalysis) and have stopped smoking for three years. The only violation I have committed is not paying ridiculous fines. We need more people to speak their minds rather than grin and bear it. I just wonder how many more people's lives have to be ruined before someone in a position of power notices or even cares? in closing, I'm with you guys at Boulder Weekly. This shit has got to go.

M. Alberts/Oregon

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