Pubdate: Mon, 20 Sep 1999
Date: 09/20/1999
Source: Time Magazine (US)
Author: Florian Koelsch

George W. Bush would be politically dead if a crime other than
possible past illicit drug use were uncovered [Nation, Aug. 30].  To
his advantage, this case indicates that in the public mind certain
drug use is no longer considered a crime.  What makes you gag is that
a politician who attempts to criminalize drug use by means of tougher
laws takes advantage of the situation.

Florian Koelsch,
Cambridge, Mass.