ORGANIZED CRIME THE ONLY WINNER IN WAR ON DRUGS

Re: 'Huge Victoria drug bust turns up Nanaimo connection' (Daily News, Oct. 2)

Victoria police describe the recent drug bust as "Victoria's largest-ever
drug bust." There is even a Nanaimo connection. Will the police and the
media be equally impressed when this bust is, inevitably, eclipsed by the
next record-breaking drug bust? When you look at the big picture, this bust
does not represent a huge bite out of crime. It's more like a small
insignificant nibble.

The fact that the record was broken is not really something to be proud of
and celebrated. Instead, it serves as a sobering illustration of how the
law enforcement approach to reducing the supply of drugs has been an abject
failure.

Organized criminals rely on the hugely inflated profits created by drug
prohibition for the majority of their revenue, so they are big fans of the
"tough on drugs" approach of the Conservative government.

As a country, we need to end the society-destroying policy of drug
prohibition. The longer we delay, the deeper the tentacles of organized
crime will spread.

Herb Couch

Nelson