Pubdate: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 Source: Dallas Morning News (TX) Copyright: 2006 The Dallas Morning News Contact: http://www.dallasnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/117 Author: Jared Ambra Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n306/a03.html LEGAL DRUGS? NONSENSE Re: "If drugs were just legal," by Nigel Watt, Saturday Letters. This laughable letter makes the simplistic argument that since drug violence is caused by drugs' illegality, if we would use a little thought and common sense, we would legalize all of them and therefore rid ourselves of the violence and millions of tax dollars spent curtailing drug-related crime and its related issues. What about the health care burdens of rampant drug use? What about the effects on families and teens who are already more susceptible to trying new things? Overdoses? Car wrecks, shootings and assaults caused by people who were high? It's not too difficult to foresee the potentially disastrous effects of legalizing drugs. It just takes a little thought and common sense. Jared Ambra, Cedar Hill - --- MAP posted-by: Derek