Pubdate: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Copyright: 2009 The Globe and Mail Company Contact: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/feedback/?form=lettersToTheEditorForm Website: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168 Author: Carol Edwards NO PROFIT, NO TURF WARS West Vancouver -- You say in your editorial One Metropolis, One Police Force (April 7) that there "is no immediate solution" to gang violence and their turf wars over the drug trade. Legalizing drugs, making them a medical issue rather than a criminal one, would largely terminate gang activity in the Lower Mainland by cutting off the supply of money. Perhaps it's time to repeat history, instead of ignoring it, and learn a lesson from what happened when Prohibition ended in the U.S. Carol Edwards - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom