IRRESPONSIBLE DRUG PROHIBITION LAWS

* None was robbing, whoring and murdering over drugs when addicts
could buy all of the heroin, cocaine, morphine, opium and any other
drug cheaply and legally at the corner drug store. When addicts had
access to pure pharmaceutical drugs, overdoses were virtually unheard
of. In short, our so-called "drug problems" are almost entirely
generated by irresponsible drug prohibition laws.

We can extricate ourselves from the monstrous disaster drug
prohibitionists have led us into by repealing drug prohibition and
installing a regulated market for adult drug use that can handle the
real problems caused by drugs which are insignificant compared to the
costs of drug prohibition.

Redford Givens
San Francisco