Pubdate: Wed, 01 Jan 2014 Source: Chicago Tribune (IL) Copyright: 2014 Jerome Slad Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/IuiAC7IZ Website: http://www.chicagotribune.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/82 Author: Jerome Slad LEGALIZE DRUGS The way to ease overcrowding at Cook County Jail, and all others, is to legalize drugs and tax them like alcohol and tobacco. It would cut the jail's budget, as well as the budgets of the state's attorney and the entire judicial system of Illinois. Think of the cost savings multiplied by thousands of jurisdictions. - - Jerome Slad, Chicago - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D