ELIMINATE ORGANIZED CRIME

Editor, The News:

Ninety years ago, all types of recreational drugs were legally sold in
local pharmacies for pennies per dose - including pure pharmaceutical grade
Bayer heroin.

Ninety years ago, the term "drug-related crime" didn't exist. Neither did
drug lords, drug cartels or even drug dealers as we know them today.

Ninety years ago, deaths from recreational drugs were very rare. That's
because the drugs were of known quality, known purity and known potency.
That's just the opposite of the unregulated, untaxed black-market drugs of
today.

For the sake of our children, let's legalize all recreational drugs so they
can be regulated, controlled and taxed by our governments instead of criminals.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.