After reading the Oct. 20 Chronicle article by T.J. Milling,
"Killers, gang bangers and drug dealers go for their guns,"
I am angered by the blindness of those responsible for our
drug policy. Prohibition has laid the children of our
community low, and we have failed them miserably as the
adults entrusted with their upbringing.

Every one of those kids got into trouble on the streets
because of the drug dealers that make their living there. We
can waste all the money, time and effort we wish on programs
aimed at helping kids stay off drugs, but as long as we have
prohibition as a national drug policy, those dealers will
still be there.

Arrest one, and within hours another has gladly taken their
place. The line of people waiting to cash in on black-market
profiteering is endless.

Until the prohibition black market has been killed, nothing
will work to keep drug dealers off our streets. Until
prohibition has ended, our kids will be able to get guns or
drugs whenever they want them.

We are in our 26th year of the "War on Drugs." When do you
suppose people will begin catching on? Prohibition is a
failure, and it has made failures of us all.

Arthur R. Sobey
Houston, TX