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To: U.B. Green who wrote (55765)	9/29/2000 12:01:51 AM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Bernie, I agree with you, but the democrat did not wear the "compasionate conservatism" blanket. A wolf in sheep closing. Personally, I think that drug usage should be curbed, youngsters start as "non violent drug offenders" and graduate to gang induced drug pushing. More rehabilitation rather than emprisonment would probably be a better way, but I am no expert in this field. I consider myself fortunate to have raised four "youngsters", and my major fear has always been their getting involved with the wrong crowd. Luckily, we managed without a single incident or even a close call, but, I worked from home in the last 15 years, paying attention to what they did and with whom. Many parents do not have that luxury. Zeev

To: U.B. Green who wrote (55765)	9/29/2000 3:44:04 AM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

They are idiots. The war on drugs is an expensive failure. Drug abuse becomes a medical problem rather quickly. Prisons are extremely expensive way of dealing with this problem. They are also an inequitable way of dealing with the problem. Health care and criminal problems abound in prisons. They should be reserved for those felons which can not be let loose on the streets. The profit should be taken out of drugs by making them available through drug treatment clinics for low prices. This would emasculate the Columbian cartel and eliminate the street dealers and expose the users to drug treatment programs through those same clinics. Street crime would go down and the need to steal to pay for drugs would be eliminated. Put them (the drug cartels and dealers) out of business by eliminating the profit in drugs. Will it happen? Probably not because the Columbian cartel has a very powerful lobby group in our government. Their allies are the prison system and the drug enforcement agencies whose livelihoods depend on the war on drugs. :)