Drug Retort
This is in response to Mr. Foxe's
response of December 3, 1968.
With all due respect to Mr. Foxe, I
would rather not have my opinion
represented by that letter.
I want to make it clear, first of
all, that I in no way condone
the use of drugs, even of marijuana.
However, the arguments presented
by Mr. Foxe cannot withstand
much scrutiny, such as his suggestion
that it was necessary to make
a law to punish those who were
breaking it. (How could they break
it if it wasn't a law?) That it is
general knowledge that the use of
marijuana is "highly dangerous" is
not true. My personal opinion notwithstanding,
many people feel it is
not dangerous, and not having tried
it, I cannot positively disagree.
Thirdly, I don't think Mr. Hite's
editorial complained that these men
were sentenced. He argued the relative
stiffness of the penalties
between those for possession of
marijuana, and those for possession
of heroin and opium.
Finally, I contend that anyone
who physically or psychologically
needs drugs has something wrong
with them. Anyone else, who
would simply like to use drugs
should be able to work for change
of the laws, instead of just ignoring
them.
Bob Foster
Second-year College
