DEMAND FOR DRUGS REMAINS

Re: A Family Affair, Nov. 23.

The massive police move against organized crime in Montreal yesterday
is the first time ever the new organized crime statutes have been
used against the Mafia in Canada. And the coverage in the National
Post by Adrian Humphreys and others was in-depth and superb!

But the charges will take years to hear and adjudicate, and most of
the bosses charged will likely be out on bail by Monday. In the
meantime the drugs will flow and be readily available from all the
usual street level outlets. And organized crime will continue to
flourish and even grow in influence in Montreal, Toronto and across Canada.

The fundamental problem of the widespread public demand for pot and
other drugs must be dealt with before organized crime can be truly
defeated in Canada. It was less a "tsunami" than a small wave or a
ripple in the complex and burgeoning world of organized crime in Canada.

James R. Dubro

Toronto