Pubdate: Thu, 01 Mar 2007
Source: Times, The  (Munster IN)
Copyright: 2007 The Munster Times
Contact:  http://www.nwitimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/832
Author: Kirk Muse
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)

ANSWER TO DRUG PROBLEM IS IN D.C., NOT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES

I'm writing about Susan Bobby's outstanding Feb. 24 letter: "Spend 
anti-drug dollars on prevention, treatment."

Unfortunately, the commonsense solution to Munster's drug and crime 
problems lie in Washington, D.C. -- not Munster or any other city or 
town in the United States.

Since the vast majority of all of our violent crime and property 
crime are caused not by drugs but rather our drug prohibition 
policies, the commonsense solution is to re-legalize all of our now 
illegal drugs.

Then the drugs can be sold in legal, regulated and licensed business 
establishments.

Then drug dealers as we know them today will disappear for economic 
reasons. Our so-called "drug-related crime" will be in our past -- 
not our future.

Our government cannot protect adult citizens from themselves, and our 
government has no right to attempt to do so.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.
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