Pubdate: Thu, 19 Jan 2012
Source: Sacramento News & Review (CA)
Copyright: 2012 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
Contact:  http://newsreview.com/sacto/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/540
Author: Kirk Muse
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n012/a01.html

PROHIBITION = CORRUPTION

Re "Still profitable but not taxed" (SN&R Editorial, January 5):

In Ken Burns' outstanding 2011 PBS documentary Prohibition, it was 
revealed that alcohol prohibition corrupted all levels of our 
government-all the way up to the Warren G. Harding White House. The 
alcohol cartels had hundreds of politicians on their payroll.

Is it unreasonable to suspect that the drug cartels of today are 
following in the footsteps of the alcohol cartels? It's obvious that 
medical-marijuana dispensaries were making a major dent in the income 
of the drug cartels.

Would a $10 million to $15 million bribe motivate [President Barack] 
Obama to change his policy regarding medical marijuana? We will never 
know. But I certainly suspect so.

Kirk Muse

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