TO END THE CRIME, END THE PROHIBITION

Re: "Get crime off street? They see one way," Dec. 26:

As a retired police detective, perhaps I can help Steve Carmichael in
reducing crime in Camden by 50 percent overnight. His idea of a
one-way street may be of some slight benefit in reducing crime and
violence, but it is just a slight nibble at the edges.

The cancer, the up-stream problem, is the policy of drug prohibition.
End it and no more drugs will be sold on the sidewalks. Customers
would park their car and walk into a state-regulated store, just like
Pennsylvania has for the two deadliest drugs, alcohol and tobacco.

Ending prohibition is not a solution for the drug problem. It is a
time-tested solution to the crime associated with prohibition.

Officer Howard J. Wooldridge (retired)

Education Specialist,

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Washington