Pubdate: Thu, 09 Apr 2009
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
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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
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