Pubdate: Fri, 3 Jul 2010 Source: DrugSense Blog Website: http://drugsense.org/blog/ LETTER OF THE WEEK LOST WAR ON DRUGS AND ITS CASUALTIES When you lie down with dogs, often you will get up with fleas. Yet another in my profession (Megan Mattingly) has been tainted by the enforcement of drug prohibition. Add her to the many, many thousands who have been corrupted or killed, or who have committed suicide after being corrupted. And for what? We in law enforcement know that every drug dealer arrested is replaced within days. The nine suspects released (or even if they had gone to prison) are meaningless. A trillion tax dollars spent and 40 years of serious effort have resulted in a Maryland free of drugs? No. Quite the contrary. Drugs are cheaper, stronger and readily available to our teens. Please tell this reader again why you support this Bridge to Nowhere policy. Howard Wooldridge retired detective/officer Buckeystown Source: Frederick News Post (MD) Pubdate: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n000/a017.html - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake