Tracknum: 8806.50f343a5.40506
Pubdate: Sat, 22 Dec 2012
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI)
Copyright: 2012 Star Advertiser
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Author: Kirk Muse

DRUG WAR DIVERTS FROM REAL CRIME

Thanks for publishing Froma Harrop's thoughtful column, "Laws easing
pot prohibition reflect sense of decency" (Star-Advertiser, Dec. 15).

I'd like to add that those who think that marijuana prohibition
somehow protects our children and society might with to go online to
YouTube.com and search for "Judge Jim Gray" or search for "Law
Enforcement Against Prohibition." You will see that marijuana
prohibition substantially increases all other crime.

Back in the 1960s, police solved more than 90 percent of all
homicides. Today they solve just over 60 percent of all murders.

Why? Because of our so-called war on drugs. There are great financial
incentives for police to make drug busts and confiscate the drug
dealers money and property, but no financial incentive to solve rapes
or murders.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.