Johnson, Larry 1/1/1997 - 31/12/2024
Found: 2Shown: 1-2 Page: 1/1
Detail: Low  Medium  High    Sort:Latest

1 US CA: PUB LTE: Time For A ChangeSat, 04 Jul 1998
Source:Fresno Bee, The (CA) Author:Johnson, Larry Area:California Lines:38 Added:07/04/1998

As I opened my June 28 Bee, the Vision section dropped out, and to my surprise there was a column which stated that the "war on drugs is now causing more harm than drug abuse itself." Could it be that after years of failure at every step, people are finally beginning to realize the truth of that statement?

Sadly, this article runs under the headline "Surrender," which is blatantly wrong. Any military person will tell you that in a war when a strategy or tactic makes the enemy stronger, better equipped and more able to resist, that it is time to change that strategy or tactic. This is not "surrender"; this is just plain smart.

[continues 79 words]

2 US CA: PUB LTE: Time For A ChangeTue, 30 Jun 1998
Source:Fresno Bee (CA) Author:Johnson, Larry Area:California Lines:31 Added:06/30/1998

Sadly, this article runs under the headline "Surrender," which is blatantly wrong. Any military person will tell you that in a war when a strategy or tactic makes the enemy stronger, better equipped and more able to resist, that it is time to change that strategy or tactic. This is not "surrender"; this is just plain smart.

It is time to decriminalize all currently illegal drugs, empty our prisons of nonviolent drug offenders and let our police get back to the basics of law enforcement. As scary as that might seem, when one considers the years of terror perpetuated by drug prohibition, the billions of wasted public funds and the millions of lives ruined by enforcement of a failed policy, there is no other reasonable course of action.

Larry Johnson Clovis



[end]


Detail: Low  Medium  High   Pages: 1  

Email Address
Check All Check all     Uncheck All Uncheck all

Drugnews Advanced Search
Body Substring
Body
Title
Source
Author
Area     Hide Snipped
Date Range  and 
      
Page Hits/Page
Detail Sort

Quick Links
SectionsHot TopicsAreasIndices

HomeBulletin BoardChat RoomsDrug LinksDrug News
Mailing ListsMedia EmailMedia LinksLettersSearch