Pubdate: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 Source: Maple Ridge News (CN BC) Copyright: 2002 Maple Ridge News Contact: http://www.mapleridgenews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1328 Author: Dave Michon LEGALIZE IT Editor, The News: J. Howell's letter about the effects of her husband's addiction on family finances and her aggravation at the calls for new ways of dealing with the drug issue are understandable. They are, however, misplaced for it is the very drug treatment she is "getting sick" of hearing about which is the only chance her family had against that addiction under Prohibition. Lest she forget, it was the drug war which made her husband's drugs so artificially expensive and thereby drained the family finances into some gangster's pocket. With a regulated system of distribution her husband could have done his cocaine until he was tired of it and still worked in the meantime. Dave Michon, Eau Claire, Wisconsin - --- MAP posted-by: Alex