http://www.nrsc.org/memberprograms/taskforce/message/
(National Republican Task Force)
The question on this week's survey one was too good to pass up.  
It read:

                       This Week's Discussion:

This week President Bush announced his drug control strategy. 
The President has outlined three essential steps that need 
to be taken in order to achieve his goal of reducing drug use 
by 25 percent over the next five years. These steps include:
	Limiting supply.
	Reducing demand.
	Providing addicts with effective 
	  and compassionate drug treatment.

To accomplish this goal President Bush has set aside 
$19 billion to fight drug use.

	What do you think of the President's plan? 
	What measures would you take to fight drug
	use in this country?

----------
My answer:

The so-called "War on Drugs" is a travesty,
as well as a failure.  Neither Congress nor
the Executive has the Constitutional power
to impose a new Prohibition upon what adult
idiots ... errr, I mean citizens ... do to
their own carcases.  Aside from public safety
issues, such as driving while impaired, the
use of drugs is NOT something upon which
the government (Federal, State, or Local)
should ever waste its resources or attempt
to impose its fearful powers!

This stupid (and unconstitutional) program
has filled half of our prison cells with
peaceful (albeit stupid) people who never
attacked or harmed anyone, causing violent
felons to be released early, to mug and rape
and murder.

Contrary to what your Superbowl propaganda
tried to suggest, it is the Federal anti-drug
programs that feed billions to mobs and
mafias and cartels and terrorists -- by
driving up the street prices for worthless
substances to hundreds of times what they
would be in a free market or on prescription.

Ending the "War on Drugs" would not only
make America freer, it would also wipe out
the profits that feed terrorism and make
both our streets and our homeland safer.

The Bush administration is making a huge
mistake by trying to piggyback this stupid
"War on Drugs" onto the legitimate issues
of homeland defense.  Consequently, my high
regard for the administration's response
to 9/11 has slipped from an A+ to a B-.

Please reconsider the political consequences
of this "cheap shot" and avoid any further
attempt to tie the fully-supported "War on
Terrorism" into the waning support for the
"War on Drugs".  Regardless of your preferences,
it impairs the former to be linked to the latter.

Sincerely,
Bruce A. Martin