Pubdate: Mon, 16 Sep 2002
Source: Clarion-Ledger, The (MS)
Copyright: 2002 The Clarion-Ledger
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Author: Richard Sinnott
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1586/a12.html

REAL WAR ON DRUGS ONLY A 'CRUEL HOAX'

In his letter questioning Cynthia Tucker's column ("U.S. war on drugs not 
'ill conceived,' " Aug. 26), L.E. Craddock wonders if we should believe the 
Garrison twins were convicted without evidence.

I remind him there are now 110 documented cases of people who have served 
many years in jail for a crime they did not commit.

Ms. Tucker's piece was very good. The war on drugs is a cruel hoax on the 
American people.

All it does is fill our land with vice and crime, and our prisons with 
people who do not belong there.

Richard Sinnott

Fort Pierce, Fla.
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