END DRUG PROHIBITION

Mack Croft is correct when he asserts that most crime is committed to buy
drugs.

We in law enforcement know that about 75 percent of all felony crime
touches some aspect of prohibition -- from murder to burglary.

Mr. Burnett is correct in that essentially nobody steals because they want
to buy marijuana.

The liberal approach of drug prohibition has always been a failure and
always will be. We police officers know that every drug dealer arrested,
shot or killed is quickly replaced. Drugs are cheaper, more powerful and
more available than ever before. We are truly the mosquito on the butt of
an elephant.

Hopefully we will soon be as wise as our grand parents and end prohibition.
Personal responsibility, coupled with a legal and regulated market, is the
best approach to dealing with dangerous drugs.

There is no solution, only approaches.

Howard J. Wooldridge

Member, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Austin, Texas