THE WAR ON DRUGS CANNOT BE WON

Thanks for publishing Dan Linn's outstanding letter: "The war on
drugs spurs gang violence".

The so-called war on drugs is a huge industry and huge bureaucracy.
Victory in the drug war is not possible, nor is it the goal. Victory
in the drug war would mean that the drug war industry and bureaucracy
are out of business.

There are basically two types of people who support the so-called war on drugs:

- -Those who make their livelihood from it. This includes politicians
and bureaucrats who are probably on the payroll of the drug cartels.
(Al Capone had hundreds of politicians and prohibition officials on
his payroll.)

- -Suckers who have bought into the lies and propaganda of the drug-war
industry and bureaucracy.

Suckers who are willing to deny liberty and freedom to others but
think that their own liberty and freedom will never be in jeopardy.

Suckers who believe that criminalizing a substance will make it go away.

Suckers who think that drug prohibition somehow protects children.

Suckers who think that giving criminals control of dangerous drugs
somehow protects children and our society.

Suckers who think that they live in a free country even thought the
United States is the most incarcerated nation in the history of human
civilization.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.