Pubdate: Wed, 30 May 2001 Source: Austin American-Statesman (TX) Copyright: 2001 Austin American-Statesman Contact: http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/today/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/32 Author: Dean Becker, Drug Policy Forum of Texas, Community Liaison Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization) END DRUG WAR Last week, on Monday, two drug peddlers were killed and another wounded in Houston over 45 pounds of low-grade Mexican pot. In a world where marijuana is legal, this amount of pot would have minimal value and there would be no reason for these murders. The dead peddlers left three children without fathers. The next day, two cops are killed in Houston, another is critically injured by gunfire. The reason? Drugs. Without our Draconian drug laws, the drugs these men had in their possession would be worth pennies and the "fight or flight" reaction of these killers would not have been triggered. It is time to end the drug war. - --- MAP posted-by: Josh Sutcliffe