His arrest renewed my interest in the drug laws. It is possible to live in a country and not believe in its laws or its values. I have written the following letter to The Woodstock Times:
Paul Smart’s “Doctor Derailed” (March 29) upset me in four
ways. First, Dr. Longmore is a fine physician--one of the finest who has
treated me. Second, a reasonably priced practice like Dr. Longmore’s,
which does not rely on insurance, contributes to the community. Its
closing is a loss. Third, his federal persecutors contribute nothing
to the public good on any level. They do not heal, they do not make
the community safe, and they do not protect the community’s morals.
Rather, the drug enforcement industry is a cancer on the common weal and the
public purse. Fourth, those of us who believe in liberty are reminded of
America’s totalitarian drug laws. A nation that imprisons men like Dr. Longmore
is not free. Thoreau said: “Under a government which
imprisons any
unjustly, the true place for a just man is
also a prison.” Today, anyone who fills in a bubble for a candidate--Democratic,
Republican, or other--who supports America’s drug laws bears
responsibility for the FBI’s and the federal government’s criminal violence
toward Dr. Longmore.
Update: Paul Smart's article in the April 5 Woodstock Times about Dr. Longmore's arrest quotes the above letter.
Update: Paul Smart's article in the April 5 Woodstock Times about Dr. Longmore's arrest quotes the above letter.
3 comments:
I wish I could agree with you , but I was one of those patients of his that was sitting in the parking lot waiting for him to open along with a parking lot full of teenagers waiting for him. All I had to do us hand him a 60$ and in less then 45 seconds I walked out with a prescription for pain killers
...and I was one of the patients who walked in with a backache and was referred to a muscular therapist. I waited in the waiting room with a mother and child and grandmother...
I am un-insured and can only thank Dr Longmore and wish him the best.
...and I was one of the patients who walked in with a backache and was referred to a muscular therapist. I waited in the waiting room with a mother and child and grandmother...
I am un-insured and can only thank Dr Longmore and wish him the best.
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