LEGAL DRUGS NO CURE-ALL, BUT WOULD CUT CRIME

I'm writing about your thoughtful editorial Wednesday ("Violence from
south a threat").

There is a simple and easy way to eliminate the vast majority of the
violence in Mexico and the United States. U.S. and Mexico need to
re-legalize all of our now illegal drugs so they can be sold in
licensed, regulated and taxed business establishments for pennies per
dose.

Will this solve our drug problems? No. However, it will dramatically
reduce our crime rates and increase public safety.

Alcohol prohibition was not terminated because it was decided that
alcohol was not so bad after all. It was stopped because of the
violent crime and corruption its prohibition caused.

When is the last time the Tucson Citizen ran a story about alcohol
dealers killing each other and innocent bystanders with gun battles in
the streets?

Probably 1933, the year we terminated the disaster known as
Prohibition.

Kirk Muse,

Mesa