Pubdate: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 Source: Buffalo News (NY) Copyright: 2015 The Buffalo News Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/GXIzebQL Website: http://www.buffalonews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/61 Author: Ralph Burke IT'S TIME TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL DRUGS The Sept. 22 News carried an article regarding a U.S. district judge's comment about the harshness of the mandatory sentencing time for drug violators. But she maintained she hasn't a choice and gave the accused 20 years. Eventually there will be legalization of many of the recreational drugs now in use. Movies and TV portray hundreds of incidental drug users. These fictional illustrations are magnified thousands of times in real life. Yet we turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the consequences falling upon those unfortunate enough to pay a horrendous penalty. Many go to jail, many have their futures shot. Legalize these drugs. If not that, then decriminalize their use. Remember alcohol was once illegal. Ralph Burke Dunkirk - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom