LEGALIZING DRUGS WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS

Re: As drug use rises so does crime rate, Aug. 18.

Please spare us all from the relentless ignorance of the media.

Crime and crystal meth would not be as closely intertwined if our
government, to speak of another institution seemingly run by
ignoramuses, had not decided to make the drug illegal.

If tomatoes were banned, we would presently be inundated with
thousands of home-based tomato grow-ops.

If waffles were banned, the cops would be unable to cope with a
'rising tide' of waffle crime.

Want to reduce crime? Want to fix the grow-op problem? Want to fix the
needle problem? Want to save lives? Want to reduce costs? Want to
reduce corruption? Want to reduce the spread of disease?

Legalize all drugs.

Alan Randell

Victoria