Pubdate: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2007 The Province Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Howard Wooldridge MANAGING DRUGS As a police officer, I learned that it was the prohibition of drugs which fuelled the violence, not the use of the drugs. Letter writer Gerry Alwell attributes the problem partly to recreational drug users. But he would do well to advise his politicians to abandon the failed prohibition approach and call for the government to regulate and manage these dangerous drugs. Today, the managers of these drugs are criminals. Howard Wooldridge, Law Enforcement against Prohibition - --- MAP posted-by: Derek