YOU KNOW, TOM,
YOU TOLD ME A LOT
OF THE OLD-TIME STORIES...

ABOUT HOW YOU USED TO...

STICK YOUR ARM IN BETWEEN
THE BARS OF THE CELL.

THE GUARD WOULD COME BY,
AND HE'D FIRE YOU UP
A SHOT OF MORPHINE.

WELL, THEY NEVER DID THAT
FOR ME.

WELL, THEY DON'T DO THAT
FOR ANYONE ANYMORE.

NARCOTICS HAVE BEEN...

SYSTEMATICALLY SCAPEGOATED...

AND DEMONIZED.

THE IDEA THAT ANYONE CAN
USE DRUGS AND ESCAPE
A HORRIBLE FATE...

IS ANATHEMA
TO THESE IDIOTS.

I PREDICT,
IN THE NEAR FUTURE,

RIGHT-WINGERS WILL USE
DRUG HYSTERIA...

AS A PRETEXT...

TO SET UP AN INTERNATIONAL
POLICE APPARATUS.

BUT I'M AN OLD MAN,
AND I MAY NOT LIVE...

TO SEE A FINAL SOLUTION
OF THE DRUG PROBLEM.