Binky
05-18-2005, 10:27 AM
With respect to the editorial, "Biggest fights in drug war lie ahead" on May 5, why should there be any praise heaped on the multibillion-dollar drug prohibition industry?
Are historically high rates of children removed from their homes and the latest surge in meth use or, say, huffing deaths not enough evidence that the drug war harms society?
Why is it that, although 15 of the top donors listed on the Partnership for a Drug-Free America site are pharmaceutical interests, this fact consistently remains undisclosed in newspaper editorials and public service announcements?
Finally, Congress, the Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration all seem to agree with repeated Office of National Drug Control Policy claims that Ritalin, Prozac, crack and cigarette smoke are safer and healthier to ingest than marijuana in any form.
Should the federal government be liable for damages resulting from such fraud and willful ignorance?
JOSE MELENDEZ
DeLand, Fla.
Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN)
Copyright: 2005 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co.
Contact: letters@knews.com
Website: http://www.knoxnews.com/
Are historically high rates of children removed from their homes and the latest surge in meth use or, say, huffing deaths not enough evidence that the drug war harms society?
Why is it that, although 15 of the top donors listed on the Partnership for a Drug-Free America site are pharmaceutical interests, this fact consistently remains undisclosed in newspaper editorials and public service announcements?
Finally, Congress, the Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration all seem to agree with repeated Office of National Drug Control Policy claims that Ritalin, Prozac, crack and cigarette smoke are safer and healthier to ingest than marijuana in any form.
Should the federal government be liable for damages resulting from such fraud and willful ignorance?
JOSE MELENDEZ
DeLand, Fla.
Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN)
Copyright: 2005 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co.
Contact: letters@knews.com
Website: http://www.knoxnews.com/