Pubdate: Sat, 13 Dec 2014
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)
Copyright: 2014 Winnipeg Free Press
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Author: Michael Dowling
Page: A16

THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS

The article on Project Distress ( Drug arrests target higher 
echelons, Dec. 12) has a misleading title. To the drug dealer, police 
drug sweeps are merely a cost of doing business, and to police, they 
are little more than a public relations gesture. Since the Harrison 
Act was passed in the U.S. in 1914, drugs have only gotten cheaper, 
purer and more readily available.

The rational thing to do about the drug problem is legalize, 
standardize, and tax it, but that is not politically expedient.

Michael Dowling

Winnipeg
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