Pubdate: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 Source: Wall Street Journal (US) Copyright: 2013 Brad Tupi Contact: http://www.wsj.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/487 Author: Brad Tupi Note 4th of 5 responses to OPED: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n013/a04.html CAN DRUG LEGALIZATION END THE DESTRUCTION OF LIVES? The war on drugs is costly and never-ending, but so is the war on murder, rape and burglary. Nevertheless, we do and must persist. While Messrs. Becker and Murphy do a good job of describing the negative effects of the war on drugs, they cannot and do not tell us what America would look like were possession of heroin, crack and other drugs to become legal. Brad Tupi Pittsburgh - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D