LET KOOP DO IT.

Discusses the issue of legalizing illicit drugs in the U.S. with reference to Surgeon General Everett Koop's model of legalizing illicit drugs. Support of Baltimore, Maryland Mayor Kurt Schmoke to legalize illicit drugs; Role of advertisements in promoting various illicit drugs; Opposition of Charles Rangel, chairman of the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control against legalization of illicit drugs; Need to ban on commercial advertising for harmful drugs even though their sale is legal; Necessity to prohibit sales of illicit drugs to children and enforcing sanctions against those who cause injury to others while under the influence of drugs.