VIOLENCE CAUSED BY WAR ON DRUGS

I'm writing about: "Drug deal in Mesa ends in gunfire" (Nov 1). No
doubt the police will file this case as a "drug-related crime."
Actually it's a drug prohibition caused crime.

When is the last time you had a story about a liquor dealer shooting
his liquor distributor? Probably about 1933, the year they ended the
disaster known as Alcohol Prohibition.

Our counterproductive drug prohibition polices give marijuana users,
sellers and distributors no legal recourse to settle their disputes
with each other--so they resort to violence, just like alcohol users,
sellers and distributors did when alcohol was illegal.

Kirk Muse

Mesa