Editor's Note

In the closing days of December, we published an essay by Harry Klide, the retired Stark County Common Pleas Court trial judge. In it, he questioned the U.S. practice of locking up drug users and sellers. He cited the high rate of imprisonment in the United States and the failure to curtail the drug trade. He invited citizens to become interested in this problem.

A representative from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, headquartered in Medford, Mass., subsequently contacted Klide. If you are interested in learning more, LEAP's Web page is:

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