Pubdate: Wed, 18 Jul 2001
Source: Silver City Daily Press & Independent (NM)
Copyright: 2001 Silver City Daily Press
Contact:  http://www.thedailypress.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/944
Author: Kirk Muse
Note: Headline by MAP editor.

STATUE OF HYPOCRISY

Dear editor,

Thank you for publishing Rich Rytter's outstanding letter, "Decision time" 
(July 11). He is absolutely right on the mark.

Our nation's policy of drug prohibition has been just as coun-terproductive 
as alcohol prohibi-tion. Illegal drug buyers purchase drugs of unknown 
quality, un-known potency and unknown purity, not unlike the bathtub gin 
our grandfathers bought that re-sulted in needless deaths and needless 
blindings.

Thanks to the counterproductive drug war, the nation that has the huge 
statue proclaiming liberty to all, has more prisoners than any other 
country in history. Perhaps, the statue should be re-named the Statue of 
Hypocrisy.

(s)Kirk Muse

Vancouver, Wash.

 
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