Pubdate: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 Source: Detroit News (MI) Copyright: 2005, The Detroit News Contact: http://detnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/126 Source: Detroit News (MI) Author: A. Ladak DRUG WAR A WASTE I really wish more columnists and opinion makers in the media spoke up against the idiotic "war on drugs" the way Nolan Finley did ("End marijuana hypocrisy to save nation billions," June 12). Like Finley, I realized long ago that our government's fight against drugs is a colossal waste of money and resources that, in light of more pressing problems, borders on being criminal and immoral. According to Finley, we spend $35 billion annually to fight illegal narcotics. Imagine what $35 billion could do for our nation if it could be spent efficiently for truly deserving causes. A. LADAK Warren - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom