WHICH OPTION?

Dear Editor,

Why anyone would be opposed to ending drug prohibition is beyond me.
There are three entities that can control the manufacture and
distribution of drugs: the government, the free market or a
combination of these two, and third is Al Capone.

These are the only options. So, given these choices, why do we elect
the worst option? Why provide organized crime and international
terrorists a commodity to fund their efforts?

To those who believe we can somehow eliminate drugs from society,
think again: drugs have been here since the beginning of time and they
will always be with us. We cannot eliminate marijuana, coca and
poppies from the earth. Period.

Finally, calling for an end to drug prohibition does not endorse their
use. I don't think smoking tobacco is a good idea. But I don't want to
prohibit it either because I see what the black market does.

Sincerely,

Mike Smithson

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Syracuse, N.Y.