Many do not know Kesey was a gasser, getting his laughs by unnatural chemical means, but eventually will find out with only the slightest of effort. Perhaps it worked well for him, but we know of so many for whom the drug life did not work out so well. As we idolize him by naming the central square of the city in his honor, is it not also appropriate to let our youth explicitly know the dangers that accompany drug use? Or will we let them think that Kesey’s example is typical and let them find out the truth the hard way? The result is on the heads of the city council, you, and all who so unwisely agree with this decision. You should wonder about it each time you read of another overdose, drug related theft, or arrest due to drugs in our community. But you won’t, because it is just one of so many bad choices we have made as a society that have made ours the most drug addled in history.