Ironic isn’t? There’s now a smoking ban in place in St. Louis City, but it seems there’s a crack and heroin dealer on every corner! Talk about not being able to see the forest for the trees!

Kim A. Knutsen

Webster Groves

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What do I say to my young neighbor, seeking advice, when she wants to report a possible drug house in our neighborhood? “Call the Sheriff’s Department”. It seems simple, you would think. You would also think that in the Methamphetamine…

I realize that something has to be done regarding the access of pseudoephedrine to illegal meth labs. I agree with the Jefferson County Executive that the drug should not be removed from the market entirely.

But I disagree that it should…

Regarding “Medical marijuana backers make major push today” (04.21.2009): This article demonstrates why the economy is in trouble. The status of medical marijuana is not a factor in the economic meltdown, yet proponents want the issue resolved, in their favor,…

I see where the spokesmen for our government and the mainstream media are blaming the US gun owners for supplying the Mexican drug cartels with firearms. How ridiculous! To suggest I’ve sent two dozen AK-47’s, along with a box of…

Olympian Michael Phelps is in good company. The list of professional athletes caught using marijuana is long. Could it be that drug warriors have been lying about marijuana’s health impact? They’ve definitely been lying about the deterrent value of marijuana…

There is an alternative seniors should consider when choosing a provider for prescription drug coverage. None. With premiums set to rise next year (Medicare recipients to dig deeper for medicine next year - 11/14) this may be the way to…

Does the DEA and/or your reporting not understand the concept of conflict of interest? The only reason drugs are tied to terrorists is because we have laws that create a highly profitable black market for many drugs. The DEA is…

Michael Braun, chief of operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration, stated that “the al-Qaida affiliate that carried out the Madrid train bombing funded the operation almost entirely through the sale of illicit drugs.”(”Missourian Connected War on Drugs to War on…

The article “Fear Spurs Teens to Carry Guns, They Say” was interesting reading. What I find interesting is what the Post-Dispatch and like minded liberals find as cause-and-effect relationships, and as being self evident. Other well worn examples being poverty…