Thank you for contacting me to express your views on the War on Drugs. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
I believe we cannot ignore the serious effects that drugs have on healthy families and communities, and I believe there should be serious consequences in place to discourage people from using and selling drugs. I am very concerned about reports that drug use among children is at unacceptable levels. This problem cannot be ignored. I believe it is vitally important that all of us, including parents, kids, public officials, law enforcement officers and health professionals, address the nation’s drug problems in a way that tackles all sides of the issue.
To combat the drug control problem in the United States, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) focus on preventing use through community action and education, healing America’s drug users by providing treatment and support resources where they are needed, and disrupting the drug market by attacking the economic basis of the drug trade.
Additionally, the U.S. government is working with foreign governments to curb the dangerous international trade in illicit drugs. Collaborative anti-drug initiatives include raising public awareness on the dangers of the illegal drug trade; judicial reform to improve the enforcement of drug laws around the world; and providing viable, sustainable economic alternatives to drug cultivation.
As discussions continue on how best to combat the destructive influence of drugs in America’s communities and around the world, please be assured I will keep your views in mind.
Again, thank you for keeping me apprised of your views. If I can be of any further assistance to you on this or other issue, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Ron Wyden
United States Senator
“I am very concerned about reports that drug use among children is at unacceptable levels.”
“… the United States, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) focus on preventing use …”
Well, if drug use among children are at unacceptable levels and the DEA and ONDCP have been fighting the “War on Drugs” for the last 40 years, I would conclude they have LOST.
But, hey, keep this civil war going … at least the politicians and cops are making money. Who cares about the human toll?
Amen!
This one really made me angry. I would reply:
Dear Ron Wyden,
I think Ron White would do a better job.
We would expect, at least I do, a lot better from a “Democratic” lawmaker from Oregon.
Senator Wyden, you’re on notice. You will be replaced by a forward-thinking realist, not another tool of the drug war on Americans who’ve had enough of prohibition and unconstitutional searches, seizures, arrests and incarcerations.
Hurry up and die, you dinosaur.
Sincerely,
Pissed
when they are voted out of office!
When will they realize that the best solution to the “drug war” is not wars and black markets but legalization and regulation?