NO DRUG DEALERS IF NARCOTICS LEGAL

During my 18 years of police service I learned one ironclad fact:
namely, all drug dealers arrested are quickly replaced.

There is simply to much money to be made selling illegal drugs.
Thus my colleague Sgt. Gary Bray of the Elizabeth City Police
Department knows and admits that about all we can do is harass
the situation much like a mosquito about to land on your arm.

There is only one change in tactics that strikes fear in the minds of
drug dealers: repeal of prohibition laws and the legalization and
regulation of all drugs. The dealers are unemployed the next day.

As an added bonus, Elizabeth City residents could sleep better because
there would be no drug sales off sidewalks. The police could once
again focus on those who rape and rob. If one had a drug problem, they
would see a doctor not a prison cell.

HOWARD WOOLDRIDGE
Washington, D.C.