Pubdate: Wed, 27 Mar 2002
Source: News-Sentinel (IN)
Copyright: 2002 The News-Sentinel
Contact:  http://www.fortwayne.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1077
Author: Kirk Muse
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n415/a03.html?11774

TO END DRUG CRIME, REPEAL DRUG LAWS

Thank you for publishing Steve Dasbach's outstanding guest column on March 
8, "To fight terrorism, quit fighting drugs." When pure 
pharmaceutical-grade Bayer heroin was legally available at local 
pharmacies, criminals and terrorists were not involved in recreational 
drugs. That's because Bayer heroin and Bayer aspirin were about the same 
price - pennies per dose.

If we legalized recreational drugs, they could be taxed, regulated and 
controlled by our government. Now drugs are untaxed, unregulated and 
controlled by criminal gangs.

Almost all of our so-called "drug-related" crime would end. That's because 
almost all of our "drug-related" crime is caused by drug prohibition, not 
the drugs.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.
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