Pubdate: Wed, 11 Apr 2007
Source: Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME)
Copyright: 2007 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc
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Author: Kirk Muse
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)

THE WAR ON DRUGS IS LIKE THE WAR ON ALCOHOL

Kudos to Doug Harlow for his outstanding story "Ex-officer likens 
drug war to Prohibition" (April 4). For those who want to continue 
our current drug prohibition policies, I'd like to ask them: why do 
you want recreational drugs to remain completely unregulated, untaxed 
and controlled exclusively by criminals? Only legal products can be 
regulated, taxed and controlled by any government agency.

The drug alcohol was not re-legalized because the powers that be 
decided that alcohol was not so bad after all, but rather because of 
the crime and corruption that its prohibition caused.

When is the last time the Morning Sentinel ran a story about alcohol 
distributors killing each other? Probably about 1933, the year we 
terminated alcohol prohibition.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.
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