Pubdate: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 Source: High Point Enterprise (NC) Copyright: 2005 High Point Enterprise Contact: http://www.hpe.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/576 Author: David George LEGALIZE DRUGS, TAKE THE MONEY Rep. Coble is a useful tool in the hands of the international drug cartels if he sincerely believes that illegal drugs, and not the prohibition of drugs, will bring this country to its knees. Elements in the American government are themselves major participants in the international drug trade. They profit from the trade in both prohibited drugs and weapons. As former Secretary of State George Schultz said, the illegal drug trade is the greatest moneymaking machine the world has ever known. And who controls the money, the money supply, and the way it is spent? If the government were serious about restricting the supply of money to terrorists, it would promptly legalize the prohibited drugs and take the money itself. Since it does not do that, but instead spends money on "enforcement" efforts that do nothing but eliminate competitors in favor of the chosen few. Its true intent is obvious: continuation of a phony "war on drugs" to go along with the phony "war on terror." Generations of low-level violence will be the result, and people like Rep. Coble, in their ignorant sincerity, will be to blame. David George Bellingham, Washington - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin