LOWER CRIME BY REGULATING DRUGS

Regulating drugs will make organized crime rates go down [Talking to Teens:
Teens discuss legalization of drugs, Jan. 29]. You don't see a whole lot of
alcohol bootleggers anymore. Prohibition just promotes crime on both sides
of the law. There have been two very high times of violent crime in the
United States. First was at the beginning of the first prohibition (alcohol)
and the second was the "Drug War" of the 1970s. Violent crimes decreased at
the end of the first prohibition. Not too mention teen cigarette use is down
below that of cannabis use, and no one is getting locked up for smoking
cigarettes. This proves education works much better than prison.

Ray Grill