JOB OPENINGS FOR DEALERS

I would like to comment on two statements in the editorial "Hang tough
on crime." "A jailed rapist is no longer a threat to innocent women."
Very true, no one is looking to take his place. "A jailed gangbanger
means one less gun-toting drug dealer on the streets" This is untrue.
Arresting a drug dealer merely creates a job opening, which many of
our youth will "apply" for. The black market in some drugs was created
by prohibition, and in doing so, our government has ceded control of
these drugs to organized crime. Whether your goal is to allow harmless
moderate personal use, or to reduce all use, legalization is a better
route to success than prohibition.

Kelly Christie

(Would legalization really end the illicit drug trade?)