Pubdate: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 Source: Hawaii Tribune Herald (Hilo, HI) Copyright: 2010 Keith Brilhart Contact: http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/share/letters/ Website: http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/185 Author: Keith Brilhart LEGALIZE MARIJUANA If the DEA was right in stating that Roger Christie was a major supplier of marijuana, then I wonder whether his replacement will be as peaceful as he was. The DEA agents know this well. When they bust a drug supplier, that person is usually replaced by someone violent, or more so than that busted one. The only solution to this mess is a legally regulated market, rather than one where a monopoly is given to criminals, and where business success is more a function of viciousness than of honor and ambition. Keith Brilhart Honolulu - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake