Drug Policy

Re “Is Our Drug Policy Failing? Don’t Ask,” by Judge James P. Gray, Commentary, March 29: Yes, it is failing, but there is no hope for the reasonable solution Judge Gray suggests. There is too much money involved in both camps: those who sell it and those who try to stop it. And what about the lawyers who make money on both sides of the fence?

To stop it for good, we would need more educators and more medical personnel. These fields are being depleted by poor pay and impossible circumstances.

JOSETTE KILMER

Rancho Palos Verdes

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I very much appreciate The Times giving its readers access to the logic and sensibleness of Gray’s concerns about the folly of our federal and state governments’ counterproductive drug policies. Many thoughtful and honorable leaders (and followers) in our society agree that it would be a sign of great significance for the future health of the U.S. and other countries if the Clinton administration admitted its war against drugs is not a solution to the drug problem but is instead the principal reason it continues to exist, nay, thrive.

JIM DUNCAN

Buena Park