FRUITLESS WAR

I am disgusted that after fighting a losing drug war for 30 years that the
American public still gives their approval to push on. Even prohibition of
alcohol didn't last very long before the public woke up and seen the damage
it had done. People realized that alcohol had become a part of our society.
Don't people realize that there is evidence of ancient drug use that dates
back way farther than any documented alcohol use. The point is that people
around the world have been using drugs for thousands of years, why do we
think we can get rid of drugs in 10, 20, 30, or even a hundred years. It's
mission impossible. This is a probability of what would happen if we
legalize all drugs:

If all drugs were legal, addicts would no longer pay black-market prices to
criminals for drugs of questionable and dangerous origin. They would get
drugs produced by legitimate pharmaceutical companies and pay market
prices. They would no longer die from buying toxic drugs, and they would no
longer have to mug innocent people to support their habits.

If all drugs were legal, addicts could seek help by going to doctors -- no
longer afraid of being prosecuted for their medical problems.

If all drugs were legal, criminal drug dealers would no longer be on our
streets. They couldn't compete with the low, free-market prices for drugs
sold at pharmacies.

If all drugs were legal, criminal drug dealers would no longer prey upon
our children -- any more than distilleries and breweries try to infiltrate
schools to hook kids on alcohol.

If all drugs were legal, our government would no longer be dispensing
propaganda that makes children want to try the forbidden fruit.

If all drugs were legal, our prisons would be emptied of hundreds of
thousands of non-violent people who have never done harm to anyone else. No
longer would over-crowded prisons cause truly violent criminals to be free
on early release and plea bargains to terrorize the rest of us.

If all drugs were legal, law-enforcement resources would be available to
fight violent crime, instead of being used to chase people who may harm
themselves but are no threat to us.

If all drugs were legal, much of the street violence would end -- as it did
when Alcohol Prohibition ended -- because gangs of thugs would no longer be
fighting over drug territories.

If all drugs were legal, police corruption would diminish, because
criminals could no longer use black-market drug money to gain immunity by
subverting weak policemen.

If all drugs were legal, the government could no longer use the Drug War as
an excuse to tear up the Bill of Rights and pry into your bank account,
strip-search you at an airport, tear your car apart, monitor your email,
shoot down planes of innocent people, or seize your property without even
charging you with a crime. Please help speak out and stop these great
atrocities!

Mike Heitzman-Libertarian from Rockford,IL