Pubdate: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 Source: Dallas Morning News (TX) Copyright: 2005 The Dallas Morning News Contact: http://www.dallasnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/117 Author: Howard J. Wooldridge Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1897/a03.html LEGALIZE AND REGULATE Re: "Terrorism of the cartels," by Jill Sandoval, Saturday Letters. As a retired police officer, I share Ms. Sandoval's concern that illegal drugs fund terrorism. We in law enforcement are completely aware after 35 years of a drug war that we cannot even slow down drugs, let alone stop them. (Meth is an excellent example.) Legalizing and regulating these drugs would completely eliminate this source of funding for terrorists, like Osama bin Laden and North Korea. Howard J. Wooldridge, education specialist, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Dallas - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake