Pubdate: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 Source: Trinidad Guardian, The (Trinidad) Copyright: 2004 The Trinidad Guardian Contact: http://www.guardian.co.tt/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2982 Author: Eric Knudsen WAR ON DRUGS TO BLAME FOR CRIME When are people going to wake up and realise that the war on drugs (started by the US) is the main reason for the escalation in criminal activity. Legalise and regulate drugs and you take away a valuable commodity from the black market. To put it simply: those who are in support of a drug war are supporting everything that comes with the black market. Wake up, people. The war on drugs is more dangerous to everyone than drugs are. It is because drugs are illegal that people get killed over them. Wake up, corrupted and sleeping politicians. End the drug war now. Eric Knudsen