Pubdate: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 Source: Wisconsin State Journal (WI) Copyright: 2007 Madison Newspapers, Inc. Contact: http://www.madison.com/wsj/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/506 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n457/a04.html Author: F. W. Nagle TAKE PROFIT OUT BY LEGALIZING DRUGS I know of no certain way to destroy illegal drug traffic except to take the profit out of it. If marijuana were sold at government-licensed outlets (like liquor in the South), at a price below that charged by drug pushers, the pushers would vanish and might even need to find honest work. Persons buying marijuana through an approved outlet can be contacted by authorities to see if they want help in kicking their habit. Drug traffickers have no interest whatever in rehabilitating their clients. Should the government sell health-destroying, career-destroying drugs to the public? My answer is no. The only thing worse would be criminals selling such drugs to the public. Well, guess what? F. W. Nagle, Madison - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake