Pubdate: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 Source: WorldNetDaily (US Web) Copyright: 2000, WorldNetDaily.com, Inc. Contact: PO Box 409, Cave Junction, OR 97523-0409 Fax: (541) 597-1700 Website: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ Author: Bo Lawler NAZING-OUT DRUGS IN AMERICA This letter is in regard to Len's response to Joe Miller's column on Tom Campbell. Len's comments are a prime example of the truism the fascism and ignorance are inextricably entwined. He betrays gaping flaws in logic and fundamental gaps in knowledge from his first sentence. Perhaps you should hire a fact checker before you publish the wild assertions of a rabid, yet under-informed, fanatic. "Drugs" do not, plain and simple, "enter and become part of the cell nucleus." Cocaine does not "dissolve portions of the brain" (I'd like to point out that cocaine is a Schedule II drug; it is legal for use in the USA under limited conditions such as facial surgery, just like morphine and amphetamine). His feeble attempt to cite "science magazines back in the mid '80s" is laughable; perhaps he could provide an actual specific reference? He claims that moderate use of alcohol and tobacco are not lethal; on this we can agree. So, one is forced to ask, what about moderate use of other drugs? Applying his very logic to alcohol, all who sip a glass of wine with dinner would instantly be transformed into drooling, comatose, skid-row alcoholics. His assertion that all dealers "know for certain" that they are killing their clientele is demonstrably incorrect; it is a simple fact that most drug users do not die. Does every bartender "know for certain" that his patrons will die in a DUI-caused car wreck? I think most people would laugh at such an outlandish claim, and rightly so. Finally, his proposal to immediately execute drug dealers on conviction marks him as a better candidate for banana-republic dictator than American citizen. I politely suggest that Len spend some time reading the U.S. Constitution, a simple and eloquent document that I am forced to conclude he has never laid eyes on. A little basic biology, pharmacology, and basic jurisprudence might be good follow-ups. BO LAWLER - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart