It is admirable for federal and state law enforcement to join forces in an attempt to stop the violence in Kansas City and surrounding areas (4/27, A-1). But I wonder if they have thought about the simple answer to the problem, which is to put their efforts toward legalization of all drugs. This would solve not only the violence problem, but also the need to continually build more jails and prisons.

It is difficult to understand why this great country learned nothing from the great experiment with Prohibition some 80 years ago. It certainly did not stop drinking or alcoholism, just like the war on drugs has not stopped drug use or addiction.

A. Ray Anderson

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