Pubdate: Sun, 28 Oct 2007
Source: Dallas Morning News (TX)
Copyright: 2007 The Dallas Morning News
Contact:  http://www.dallasnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/117
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1232/a03.html
Author: Justin Finney

YOUR EDITORIAL IS NAIVE

Re: "Behind Those Red Ribbons -- Anti-drug message  needs support 
from all fronts," Wednesday Editorials.

The Dallas Mornings News editorial supporting President  Bush's $1.4
billion request for fighting Mexican drug  cartels is misguided and
naive.

History has shown that ever since its inception, the  war on drugs has
utterly failed, succeeding only in  rapidly filling prisons with drug
addicts.

Despite mainstream depictions, the illicit drug  business is much more
complicated than a simple  juxtaposition of good versus evil. The sums
of money  involved make it so.

Rather than spend more money for a cause that yields  zero results, we
should fund recovery programs that  help sick people and legalize
marijuana, which, unlike  alcohol, can't kill you by overdose.

Justin Finney, Austin
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