R PARTRIDGE'S suggestion for dealing with the drugs problem may seem unrealistic but at least he identifies and targets the true criminals - the traffickers and suppliers (You Say, July 3).
Present policy seems directed towards their wretched victims in the forlorn hope that stiff penalties will somehow deter law-abiding youngsters from being tempted into their clutches.
If the criminals cannot readily be identified and dealt with, they can immediately be deprived of their profits and motives by simply decriminalising the substance and making it readily available at low cost.
Information and inducements can then be directed towards removing the glamour of drug-taking.
Those who advocate this course utterly refute any suggestion of condoning or encouraging addiction.
JOHN HINTON, Worcester.
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