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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Thank you for publishing “The Wire’s War on the Drug War” by this TV series producer and writing team, Ed Burns, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, Richard Price and David Simon. Through their TV series, these gifted artists have made a significant contribution to our understanding of why our neighborhoods are unsafe. Their suggestion of jurists acquitting defendants accused of non-violent violations of
state or federal drug laws is an excellent one. Not only could it help heal much that is wrong with the war on drugs, it could make a important contribution to reversing the slide of home and real estate prices in America.Catherine Austin Fitts
Former Assistant Secretary of Housing, Bush I