Pubdate: Fri, 17 Nov 2010 Source: DrugSense Blog Website: http://drugsense.org/blog/ LETTER OF THE WEEK DRUG ADDLED Re "Knocking down the kingpins," Editorial, Dec. 5 Killing the heads of drug cartels has an effect similar to cutting off the top of a weed. It will grow back stronger than ever. The only way to get rid of any weed is to kill the root - and the root of our problem is prohibition. Law enforcement didn't get rid of the alcohol cartels in 1933; re-legalizing alcohol did. Kirk Muse Mesa, Ariz. Pubdate: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 Source: Los Angeles Times Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n1005/a04.html - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake