COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE WAR ON DRUGS CONTINUES

Re: Drug issue clouded with conflicting facts, Letters, Dec. 12 News

I'm writing about Devin Olmstead's outstanding letter and I'd like to add
when all types of recreational drugs were legally sold in local pharmacies
for pennies per dose, 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 our black market drugs of today.

I agree with Olmstead "legalization and regulation are the best approaches
to protecting ourselves and our children."

However, prohibition and criminalization are the best approaches of
protecting those with a financial self-interest in maintaining the status quo.

Therefore, the counter-productive war on certain politically selected drugs
continues.

Kirk Muse, Mesa, AZ