Pubdate: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 Source: Nanaimo News Bulletin (CN BC) Copyright: 2005, BC Newspaper Group Contact: http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/948 Author: Alan Randell Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?188 (Outlaw Bikers) LEGALIZING ILLICIT DRUGS WILL WIPE OUT CRIME To the Editor, Re: Hells Angels arrests keep cops on alert (July 28). Are there more steadfast, more helpful friends of the police, the politicians and the media than organized crime? If there were no criminal gangs, how would the police be able to justify their huge budgets, how would politicians promise the slay the dragon of organized crime and what would newspapers like yourself find to write about? In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if organized crime were a co-operative make-work project of the federal government, cops and newspaper publishers. If drugs and prostitution were legal, which they should be, the Hells Angels and their ilk would disappear. Alan Randell, via e-mail - --- MAP posted-by: Beth