PROHIBITION LESSONS HAVE GONE UNLEARNED

I'm writing about Diana Roemer's story: "Federal grant helps counties
fight meth, other drugs" (10-04-06).

I have a simple solution that would eliminate 99 percent of the
illegal methamphetamine labs. The solution is Desoxyn, the
pharmaceutical form of methamphetamine legally available in local
pharmacies for less than $2 per dose with a doctor's
prescription.

I say start selling it at local pharmacies without a prescription -
with no questions asked - to any adult just like we do with tobacco
products. Except there should be no advertising or promotion of the
product.

Would we still have people addicted to methamphetamine? Yes. Would
meth addicts need to rob or commit acts of prostitution to obtain
money to buy their methamphetamine? No.

When they re-legalized alcohol in 1933, it was not because they
decided that alcohol was not so harmful, but because of the crime and
corruption that Prohibition caused. When they re-legalized alcohol in
1933, the illegal bathtub gin producers went out of business
overnight. When they re-legalized alcohol in 1933, our overall crime
rate, including murder, declined substantially.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.