LEGALIZATION BRINGS UNITY

Thank you for Nolan Finley's Oct. 21st column, "Child killings
challenge the drug war." I agree that legalizing drugs would take the
profits and violence out of the drug trade. In addition, by legalizing
drugs, the $100 billion drug industry becomes taxable. This would
bring much needed revenue to our cash-strapped government. Finally the
civil liberties and privacy we sacrificed in the name of the War on
Drugs would be restored. This change is something that libertarians,
fiscal conservatives and social liberals could agree on.

James Allison

Warren