Pubdate: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 Source: Boston Globe (MA) Copyright: 2006 Globe Newspaper Company Contact: http://www.boston.com/globe/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/52 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n727/a07.html Author: Donald J. Boudreaux LEGALIZED DRUGS LIGHT THE WAY THREE CHEERS for Bill Fried's impassioned yet well-reasoned call to end drug prohibition. In addition to the benefits of legalization that he mentions, consider these: Fall in drugs' potency as sellers lose the incentive to stuff maximum narcotic power into small, easily hidden packages; Fewer sting operations, as police will no longer be charged with uncovering activities that, unlike robbery and murder, produce no complaining victims; A freer society in which presumptuous busybodies are obliged to mind their own business. DONALD J. BOUDREAUX, Fairfax, Va. The writer is chairman of the department of economics at George Mason University. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake