Most Americans agree: Our Federal Drug Prohibition, aka The War on Drugs, is an ongoing calamity, colossal failure, and a national disgrace. Due to strongly entrenched vested interests and tightly organized criminal enterprises in all branches and levels of government, public debate and input on this subject has been systematically repressed, and shoved aside for more than 45 years.
Even such simple ideas as allowing individual states the option to try other approaches -- as they have the right to do with alcohol, tobacco, prostitution, gambling, and capitol punishment -- are never seriously discussed.
Although tens of millions of us have been imprisoned, and uncounted tens of thousands killed, legislators and politicians at all levels are terrified to address the issue.
We are facing an ongoing, perpetual andeternal War on Drugs. We live in a condition of Federal lock-down on this issue. How do we end this God forsaken war?
Forrest Fyre
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I am a 1988 Graduate and wanted to take the time to remember Greg Jarvis on this 25th Anniversary of the Challenger tragedy. Mr Jarvis is a UB graduate and was chosen as one of two civilians for the ill fated 1986 Challenger Shuttle mission. As a UB student at that time a few classmates and I were disappointed UB did not move right away to name one of the Engineering buildings after him and we took matters into our own hands. We went to the local K-Mart, purchased some wood, stencils and paint and worked on an impromptu sign. We then drove over to the building and figured a way to get up to a higher level on the buidling and posted our memorial. The Buffalo News carried the story but it was never carried by any of the UB press. To this day we are still very proud students and glad our protest led to an official naming. Along with myself the three other students who led to the official naming are Keith Tannenbaum, Little Jeffrey Brenner and Space Mann (yes, really!). May Jarvis Hall live on.
Joe Kuperberg (Class of 1988, Communications)
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