Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

I sincerely feel that in the not too distant future, the people of the world will look back at our "War on Drugs" with the same incomprehension and contempt that we feel when we look back at the Salem witch hunts.

We have our own jihadists...the anti-drug fanatics in government and law enforcement. The "War on Drugs" isn't a war on drugs, it's a vicious war on people who are suffering either physically or psychologically or both (like the Salem witch hunts were).

I sadly don't think that even a million signatures will sway a cynical politician (but I repeat myself) playing to his political base. Still, I sent the fax suggested in the article. Poor, poor Richard!

P.S.
This is what I inserted into the form letter, "I suffer from peripheral neuropathy. Maybe that makes me more empathetic. I trust that you have suffered intractable, though temporary pain. Imagine the pain that Richard Paey endures 24/7 with no hope for respite except through opiate drugs. Please err on the side of kindness and compassion, instead of allowing this injustice to proceed."