Pubdate: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 Source: Seattle Times (WA) Copyright: 2004 The Seattle Times Company Contact: http://www.seattletimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/409 Author: Jason Tyler Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n246/a03.html WARPED SENSIBILITIES My hat is off to Hieger. His comments on how ineffective and wasteful the war on drugs has been are a breath of fresh air. When young students are told horror stories of marijuana, most refrain from using it. But then, a couple of years later, some of their friends end up trying it. Amazingly, they don't end up in comas and going crazy. Teens immediately begin to mistrust all that they have been told about drugs. Next, they are trying harder drugs because they think everything bad they've ever heard about cocaine and methamphetamines are just scare tactics. Honesty is the best policy when it comes to education of any sort. Jason Tyler, Kirkland - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake