Pubdate: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 Source: Honolulu Advertiser (HI) Contact: 2002 The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. Website: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/195 Author: Norman Wright Referenced: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Dec/17/tc/tc06a.html Note: For more on drug policy in Hawaii go to http://www.mapinc.org/areas/Hawaii GAME PROMOTION TRIVIALIZES DRUG PROBLEMS I was surprised and disappointed to see The Advertiser promoting a PDA game called "Dope Wars." The author apparently found the game to be a lot of fun and appropriate as an "adult business simulation." As a professor of international business and a concerned citizen, I regret that The Advertiser, an important source of information and education for the children and adults of Hawai'i, decided to promote this game. Drug addiction is a serious problem in our state. It destroys the lives of many individual users and causes great sorrow and complications for family members, friends and neighbors. Let's not pretend that any minor lessons to be learned about doing business are of more value than the potential damage caused by trivializing our drug problem. Norman Wright Hau'ula - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk