Pubdate: Fri, 18 Sep 2009
Source: Evansville Courier & Press (IN)
Copyright: 2009 The Evansville Courier Company
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Author: F. Wesley Bowers

STILL MORE EVIDENCE THAT WAR ON DRUGS MUST END

To the editor:

I wrote to you in April asserting that Indiana and the United States 
should drop the war on drugs. Instead of criminalization, we should 
regulate certain drugs as we do alcohol.

Since then, lawmakers in 14 states have begun considering the 
legalization of marijuana.

Since that time 14 states are considering legalization of marijuana. 
The Obama administration has floated the idea as well.

Recently, a columnist in the The Guardian newspaper of London called 
for an end to the drug war: "The anti-drug crusade will go down as 
among the greatest foibles of modern times," John Gray wrote. "The 
fact is that the costs of drug prohibition now far outweigh any 
possible benefits the policy may bring."

Empty our prisons of drug users. Save money. Use money to treat, not imprison.

F. Wesley Bowers

Evansville
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