DRUG PROHIBITION DOESN'T WORK

Dear editor,

Drugs are not going to magically go away no matter what the police do.
Alcohol prohibition proved that. Because they are not going to go
away, there are only three choices for who will sell them.

1) Government, with proper regulations and taxes to address social
problems.

2) Private industry, with proper regulations and taxes to address
social problems.

3) Organized crime, with no regulations or taxes to address social
problems.

Whatever the problems might be with the first two choices, it is clear
that they would be better than letting organized crime control
everything. But, again, that's something everyone should have learned
with alcohol prohibition.

Clifford Schaffer

Aqua Dulce CA