Pubdate: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) Copyright: 2009 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Contact: http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/letters/sendletter.html Website: http://www.ajc.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/28 Author: Earl Hider WAR ON DRUGS NOT WORKING I'm just a grumpy old man who wouldn't recognize a marijuana cigarette if I was smoking it, and I thought Barry Goldwater was God's gift to man. But I have to agree with Hillary Clinton that the USA is responsible for the drug war on our southern border. Without our demand, there would be no drug business in Mexico. Tobacco is legal in America, but the billions spent in education discouraging its use has dramatically reduced consumption since the 1960s. If our government would spend half what it wastes on the so-called war on drugs on an education and drug-rehab program, the demand for drugs would wither. Maybe legalization and taxation might be a part of the program, but obviously, what's being done now is just not working. Earl Hider Snellville - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin