George Shultz on Legalizing Drugs
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Shultz has just been added to my list of most highly respected and admired people. To have the courage of his convictions on a topic so potentially detrimental to his reputation as legalization of drugs takes guts.
The intellectually impressive list of those who join him in advocating intense study of possible drug legalization gives pause to wonder. At what level is the intellect of the Bush Administration members who scoff and ridicule Shultz for his views? Can we trust them to wage a “war on drugs?”
LAURA LEE ECKLAR, La Mesa
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