'INSANE DRUG WAR'

Thanks for publishing Robert P. Wood's outstanding letter, "Insane
Drug War" (People's Forum, March 23).

The drug war is a huge bureaucracy and industry.

Victory is not the goal in the drug war. Victory in the drug war would
mean that the bureaucracy and industry are out of business.

The notorious gangster Al Capone made most of his illegal money from
alcohol prohibition. Capone had hundreds of politicians on his
payroll. Is it unreasonable to suspect that the drug lords are
following Capone's business model?

What type of politicians would the drug lords have on their payroll?
Politicians who urge the status quo of drug prohibition, or
politicians who suggest that we re-legalize drugs to put the drug
lords out of business?

Kirk Muse, Mesa, Ariz.