LEGALIZATION WON'T END WAR

I have heard so many people argue about ending the drug war by legalizing
the drugs, and all I can say to that is this:

The war will not end. The smuggling will not end. Does the term "moonshine"
ring a bell in anyone's ear?

The drug producers are not going to want to pay the taxes; that cuts into
their profit. The distributors are not going to want to pay the taxes; that
cuts into their profit. The user is not going to want to pay the taxes;
that cuts into their wages. Therefore the illegal trade in the drugs will
continue. But prices will be driven way down, and the cost of treatment
programs will go way up.

Harry Beasley, Desert Hills