Dear U.S. President George W. Bush,
Please stop funding terrorism. End the drug war and eliminate the criminal profit that groups like the Taliban and individuals like Osama bin Laden use to attack and kill our people.
I believe the time has come to do something new and different. Drug users pose no threat to anyone as long as they can get their stuff legally. Current drug law enforcement priorities and resources, especially in regards to cannabis, must be redirected toward real threats to public safety and security. We spend $50 billion a year and waste nearly a third of law enforcement’s time on non-violent “potheads,” low-level dealers and junkies caught in a revolving door justice system.
Meanwhile, the bin Ladens of this world, along with the entire $500 billion per year illegal drug industry, are laughing all the way to the offshore bank.
While ending drug prohibition is certainly not the only thing we must do as a nation to protect ourselves and help rid the world of the terrorist threat, it would be a big step in the right direction.
I know it is not apparent. There is still a lot of fear about publicly opposing current drug policy. Nonetheless, I deeply believe a majority of Americans understand the situation and support drastic changes to counterproductive drug laws.
Thank you for your kind consideration, and God’s speed in your efforts to bring to justice those responsible for the Sept. 11 atrocities. I am also very happy that you have seen fit to aid the poor people of Afghanistan in their time of dire need. It fills me with pride whenever I see “U.S.A.” on those bags of wheat in what I consider the deployment of America’s most powerful anti-terrorists weapons: compassion and food.