DRUGS: PROHIBITION DOESN'T WORK

Dear Editor,

Troy Landreville is absolutely right: it still won't be legal [It still
won't be legal, Jan. 3 Comment, Langley Advance News], which means drug
gangs will still make billions, the quality of any drug will still be
suspect, and drug dealers will still have an incentive to predate on the
youngest of our citizens.

I can't speak for Mr. Landerville's experiences in Amsterdam, though I can
speak for my own. I have never been robbed, assaulted, or threatened in
Amsterdam. Choosing to see the Red Light district for myself, I went there
at night and never felt uncomfortable or scared anywhere.

Possibly Mr. Landerville has taken to heart all the prohibitionist
propaganda he appears to espouse.

Prohibition has never and will never work.

Considering Canada's stance the first time America tried this, you'd expect
that the Canadians would feel differently than the U.S. this time.

I guess it just goes to show, seemingly intelligent people like Mr.
Landerville can be duped by parlour tricks and slight-of-hand rhetoric by
American Drug Warriors.

Chris Kirby

Richardson, Texas, USA