News (Media Awareness Project) - US NV: PUB LTE: Drug Prohibition Is Cause Of Crime |
| Title: | US NV: PUB LTE: Drug Prohibition Is Cause Of Crime |
| Published On: | 2005-01-13 |
| Source: | Las Vegas Mercury (NV) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-17 03:53:47 |
DRUG PROHIBITION IS CAUSE OF CRIME
Professor Shelden's comments were accurate and this reader appreciates
you have the courage to print them ["Expensive Drug War Still Not
Working," Dec. 30]. As a retired police officer, my feeling is the
only area he left blank was the reduction in public safety caused by
drug prohibition. As my colleagues chase marijuana, DUIs killed 17,000
innocents every year. Year after year, about 75 percent of felony
crime is caused by drug prohibition (not the use of drugs). Will we
ever be as wise as our grandparents and end drug prohibition?
Officer Howard J. Wooldridge (retired),
Media Director,
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, http://www.leap.cc/
Dallas, Texas
Professor Shelden's comments were accurate and this reader appreciates
you have the courage to print them ["Expensive Drug War Still Not
Working," Dec. 30]. As a retired police officer, my feeling is the
only area he left blank was the reduction in public safety caused by
drug prohibition. As my colleagues chase marijuana, DUIs killed 17,000
innocents every year. Year after year, about 75 percent of felony
crime is caused by drug prohibition (not the use of drugs). Will we
ever be as wise as our grandparents and end drug prohibition?
Officer Howard J. Wooldridge (retired),
Media Director,
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, http://www.leap.cc/
Dallas, Texas
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