Dear sirs I am so pleased to see that somebody is doing a proper figth against drug traffic. Please write it in spanish to improve our participation in Latin America I am sure many people will join you.

I like the new site. Keep up the great work. I am going to make StoptheDrugWar.org my first stop when I log on each day. Best, Clyde

Music lovers have long appreciated Brazilian composer and musician Gilberto Gil's enormous talent and his contributions to bossa nova, tropicalismo, and other uniquely Brazilian music forms. Of course, Gil was never just a musician; he and Caetano Veloso, another giant of Brazilian music, were imprisoned by the military dictatorship in 1969 for "anti-government activities," and the pair went to exile in London and the US after they were released.

When I first became aware of the drug war, I was a spirited anti-racism activist living in the Deep South. I chiefly saw drug prohibition as a war against people of color and wanted the crusade to end. I didn't yet know about the suffering of debilitated cannabis users, the widespread and avoidable risks to public health caused by abstinence-only policies, and the fierce linkage between the artificially inflated street prices of illegals and the subsequent emergence of crack and meth as a means to cut corners and cost. There was a time when I simply hoped that, in the spirit of bi-partisan unity and brotherly love, lawmakers would rewrite the prohibition rulebook in order to make the war "more equal."

Addiction is a medical condition best treated by doctors; not the police or criminal justice system… 109th U.S. Congress Office of National Drug Control Policy Does anybody in this country have any common sense when it comes to this issue? These are not Rambling Rantings of Rhetoric but an essay on the Reality of Regulation for Revenue; just as The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain, as well as Australia and Canada are now realizing and recognizing the full ramifications of the failure of prohibition.

The U.S. Army Manual defines "terrorism" as "The calculated use of violence or threat of violence to attain goals that are political, religious or ideological in nature." By its own definition, therefore, the U.S.

My name is Rusty White I am one of the many speakers for www.leap.cc I live north/west of Fort Worth, Texas. We are an organization made up of present and ex-law enforcement officers, Governors, Judges, DEA, DA, etc...all walks of life, from Citizens to Teachers and Health Care Professionals from all around the world. We have all bonded together to end the most harmful policy " EVER " created! One that not only attacks our own people, but those of other countries as well, one far more harmful than " ANY POLICY EVER BEFORE ", that failed policy know as " The War On Drugs ".

Today's New York Times has a short and sweet letter responding to John Tierney's excellent column on marijuana policy from a few days ago.

Sanity on Marijuana

Published: August 29, 2006

To the Editor: