Pubdate: Mon, 03 Feb 1997
Source: San Francisco Examiner (CA)
Author: Thomas J. O'Connell M.D.

Alex MacDonald offers the unusual perspective of a literate observer whose
job in a Tenderloin hotel has provided him an intimate vantage point from
which to observe unfortunate denizens of our drug culture over a 10-year
interval.

The adjective "clueless" could be applied most appropriately to the federal
government for its insistence that criminal prohibition is the only
possible approach to drug problems.  "Clueless' also fits MacDonald for
implicitly agreeing.

THOMAS J. O'CONNELL
San Mateo