GET RID OF MOTIVE, LEGALIZE DRUGS

Recent stories about crimes/deaths show drugs as a major motive. We need to
learn a lesson from history. Prohibition also resulted in crime, and no
Eliot Ness will solve today's problems. Legalizing drugs will.

My grown children were incredulous of this stance, but here it is: The
potency of drugs can be controlled. No more overdoses. Prices can be
reduced, taking away the crime motive. Dispensing drugs from sanitary
facilities would reduce the spread of AIDS, etc.

Taking away the clandestine activities would reduce the attractiveness to
many who try to "get away with it."

Some who want to get off drugs could be weaned by dispensing controlled
dosages.

I've always thought we send a lot of money out of the country that we
should keep here. Put drug enforcers on other crimes.

JAMES CAHALL

Louisville 40299