LEGALIZE DRUGS TO STOP VIOLENCE

After reading about more violence in Mexico's border cities, the
parallels to America's first prohibition against alcohol are evident.
We learned the costly and violent lesson that prohibition does not
work and merely encourages lawlessness.

Drug legalization will eliminate the major source of income for
gangs, effectively shutting them down.

By applying the DEA's $2.6 billion annual budget toward treatment
rather than an unsuccessful interdiction program, we can choose to
handle drug abuse as a medical, rather than criminal, problem.

Dan Waylonis

Mountain View