Pubdate: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 Source: Dallas Morning News (TX) Copyright: 2011 Howard Wooldridge Contact: http://www.dallasnews.com/cgi-bin/lettertoed.cgi Website: http://www.dallasnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/117 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n232/a06.html Author: Howard Wooldridge BLAME DRUG PROHIBITION U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, and The Dallas Morning News don't have a clue on how to solve the horror and misery that is Mexico today. They naively believe that tougher penalties will have an impact? Please. As a retired detective, I know that drug dealers accept, as a condition of employment, death and long prison terms. Drug prohibition is the cause of all the beheadings. To end Mexico's death and misery, we need to repeal our drug prohibition just like we did in 1933. As women and children are shot dead every day in Mexico, it is immoral for our country to continue this failed, trillion-dollar modern prohibition. Howard Wooldridge, Dallas - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake