Show I 4 s S Sg L Legal g r drugs di g Dear Editor As frustration mounts over overa a failed policy serious people are asking Why not end the crime and profits by making drugs legal Harrison Narcotics Narcotics Narcotics Nar Nar- Act of 1914 have been a costly and abject failure they say and the effort f is doomed J It has mainly served to create create huge profits for drug dealers overcrowded jails a distorted foreign policy and urban areas terrorized by bloodthirsty bloodthirsty bloodthirsty blood blood- thirsty gangs So why not end endall endall endall all these problems in a way that would save money perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps even raise it and free freemore freemore freemore more resources to treat addiction addiction addiction addic addic- tion and abuse Why not just make drugs legal I for one have seen what drugs can do to a family and a person I love so much To stand there in hopeless awe and bewilderment not knowing knowing knowing know know- ing what to do or say to help- help is beyond Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel who represents represents represents a riddled drug-riddled district in New York City's Harlem poses a long string of questions questions questions ques ques- for those who would legalize drugs Among them Which drugs should be permitted permitted permitted per per- just marijuana or the themore themore themore more damaging heroin cocaine and angel dust I feel to legalize the hard drugs is advocating-a advocating possible cancer to grow Starting with our children who are very trusting and innocent in dis- dis ciphering from reality with people they love |