Pubdate: Mon, 03 Apr 2000
Date: 04/03/2000
Source: Time Magazine (US)
Author: Greg Goldmakher

The growing use of ecstasy illustrates a problem that the American
public is at last beginning to understand: Prohibition failed for a
reason. The police can't stamp out the production and use of drugs
that people want to take. There is no way to prevent the sale of a
drug to kids. And when a drug is illegal, it is impossible to impose
standards of purity and safety. Instead of responsible manufacturers
and distributors, we have the underworld in charge.

Greg Goldmakher