ENDING DRUG WAR

Re "Toll mounts in Mexico's drug war," Nov. 14

For the drug war, there is a simple and relatively easy solution to
end the violence caused by it: legalization. The legalization of
now-illegal drugs would allow us to regulate, control and tax the
in-demand products.

When is the last time you had a story about a liquor dealer shooting
his liquor distributor? Probably about 1933, the year that ended the
disaster known as Prohibition. Our war on drugs is not winnable. Wars
on poverty or drugs cannot be won. Who is going to surrender and sign
the peace treaty?

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.