News (Media Awareness Project) - US MI: PUB LTE: Enforcement Hasn't Helped |
| Title: | US MI: PUB LTE: Enforcement Hasn't Helped |
| Published On: | 2011-01-18 |
| Source: | Detroit News (MI) |
| Fetched On: | 2011-03-09 17:08:09 |
ENFORCEMENT HASN'T HELPED
Kudos to Froma Harrop for her column, "War on drugs has been a
failure" (Dec. 31). I'd like to add that arresting or killing the
heads of drug cartels has an effect similar to cutting off the top of
a weed -- it will grow back, stronger than ever. The only way to get
rid of any weed is to kill the root -- and the root of our drug
problem is prohibition. Law enforcement didn't get rid of the alcohol
cartels in 1933; re-legalizing alcohol did.
Kirk Muse, Mesa, Ariz.
Kudos to Froma Harrop for her column, "War on drugs has been a
failure" (Dec. 31). I'd like to add that arresting or killing the
heads of drug cartels has an effect similar to cutting off the top of
a weed -- it will grow back, stronger than ever. The only way to get
rid of any weed is to kill the root -- and the root of our drug
problem is prohibition. Law enforcement didn't get rid of the alcohol
cartels in 1933; re-legalizing alcohol did.
Kirk Muse, Mesa, Ariz.
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