IF DRUGS WERE JUST LEGAL

There's an easy solution to the violence on both sides of the river
caused by the Zetas and other drug cartels, a solution that would also
save hundreds of millions, if not billions, of taxpayer dollars:
legalize drugs.

A little thought and common sense is all it takes to realize that
drugs only lead to violence because of their illegality: There are no
Colombian coffee cartels or Chilean copper cartels, because cartels
are not a viable business model for trading a legal product.

Nigel Watt, president, Highland Park High School Libertarians, Dallas