DRUG WAR FAILURE

Contrary to the title of your editorial (June 29), the recent arrest of 41
alleged drug dealers is not a victory in the drug war. The arrested drug
dealers will soon be replaced. They always are.

The drug war was lost before it began because we cannot nullify the law of
supply and demand. As long as Americans are willing to pay for drugs,
someone will produce them and someone will get them to the willing buyers.
Guaranteed.

Alcohol prohibition didn't work, and drug prohibition isn't working either,
except to provide full employment for those doing the prohibiting. Because
some drugs are bad doesn't make drug prohibition good. It is not.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, AZ