Pubdate: Sat, 14 Jul 2001
Source: Columbian, The (WA)
Copyright: 2001 The Columbian Publishing Co.
Contact:  http://www.columbian.com/
Address: 701 W 8th St, Vancouver, WA 98666
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Author: Kirk Muse

LEGALIZING REDUCES DRUG USE

I appreciated the July 9 "Dear Ann Landers" column publishing Robert 
Sharpe's outstanding letter in response to the letter from Donnie Marshall, 
the outgoing Drug Enforcement Administration chief.

Our policy of drug prohibition has proven to be just as counterproductive 
as alcohol prohibition. Illegal drug-buyers are buying drugs of unknown 
quality, unknown potency and unknown purity. Ecstasy and other synthetic 
drugs are not unlike the bathtub gin our grandfathers bought that resulted 
in needless deaths and blindings.

KIRK MUSE

Vancouver, WA
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