DRUG WAR ONLY HELPS DRUG LORDS

Editor:

Thanks for publishing former DEA agent Celerino Castillo III's
outstanding letter, "Drug war doing irreparable harm" (March 3). I'd
like to add that our drug prohibition policies are probably lining the
offshore bank accounts of dozens of our drug war-cheerleading
politicians and high-level bureaucrats.

The notorious gangster Al Capone made most of his illegal money from
alcohol prohibition. And Capone had dozens if not hundreds of
politicians on his payroll. Is it unreasonable to suspect that the
drug lords of today 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.