I disagree with Lisa Green's May 3 op-ed article, "Reducing drug penalties isn't worth the risk to public safety," which criticized The Californian's April 29 editorial "Prison reforms require smart choices." The same day Green's article appeared, The Californian published a news story titled "Former Mexican president Fox calls drug war 'useless.'" In the May 2 letter "Pot laws no deterrent," Robert Sharp of Common Sense for Drug Policy wrote that "jail cells are inappropriate as health interventions and ineffective as deterrents." [continues 185 words]