Pubdate: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 Date: 06/13/2000 Source: New York Post (NY) Author: Charles Williams Anyone with even the most rudimentary knowledge of economics would know the organizations to which Mr. Lewis refers, including the ultra-violent Colombian and Mexican drug cartels, would never have come into existence were it not for drug prohibition. It seems odd that he would decry these organizations while at the same time refusing to look critically at the policy that created them. Charles Williams, Escondido, Calif. Related: Rice, http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n771/a06.html ; Huffington, http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n733/a07.html Note: Original post URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n803/a01.html