Pubdate: Wed, 25 Oct 2000
Source: Amarillo Globe-News (TX)
Copyright: 2000 Amarillo Globe-News
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Author: Edward Pocengal
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DRUG WAR IS A LOST CAUSE

The war on drugs is the problem. In the eyes of the government and law 
enforcement, the enemy is any American citizen; we are all suspects. With 
the gutting of the Bill of Rights, the government is now free to seize your 
property, open your mail, test your urine, let you rot in jail - all 
without a trial.

The racism of the war on drugs is evident in the people who are the most 
persecuted: Americans of African descent.

The problem in Tulia is not the "labeling of an entire community" but the 
misguided, corruption-promoting war on drugs.

EDWARD POCENGAL

Darien, Conn.
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