POT PENALTY IS JUST A NEW PROHIBITION

Regarding the article "Decision might come today on renewing city pot
penalty" (March 28): Isn't it about time for us to take a realistic
look at our war on drugs? What has it accomplished but the need for
more jails, more police and the increase in crime and drug lords
getting wealthier than ever. People addicted to drugs, including
cigarettes and alcohol, are not going to stop using drugs because it's
against the law. Didn't we learn anything from the Prohibition of the
1920s when crime was running rampant in those days, too? Instead of
building jails and tougher laws, we should build treatment centers and
legalize drugs, then tax drugs the way we do alcohol and cigarettes.

Dave Maxwell

Sharonvill