DRUG WAR FUELS BORDER VIOLENCE

Regarding "Stop the border violence," by Jerry Brewer (Commentary,
July 27): Our drug policies create the black market that triggers all
this violence. Ending prohibition is the answer.

If Texas Atty. Gen. Greg Abbott were sincere in his statement "We want
to do everything we can to eliminate violence . . . and keep residents
of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo as safe as possible," he would join LEAP:
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

Our poor drug policy causes more violence, pain, suffering and death
than the drugs themselves. Constitutional policy would be about truth,
not moral judgment. It would concentrate on harm reduction, and
preservation of the family, if at all possible. Current policy is
destroying families and all that America once stood for.

Support for the federal war on drugs is inconsistent with support for
individual freedom, constitutional government, and the teachings of
Jesus. Leaders responsible for promoting our present nonsensical
policy will have to answer to a higher power for their crimes against
humanity.

Colleen Minter

Stephenville, Texas