Pubdate: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 Source: Wall Street Journal (NY) Copyright: 1999 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Contact: http://www.wsj.com/ Author: Redford Givens Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n276.a01.html/all Note: Headline by MAP editor IRRESPONSIBLE DRUG PROHIBITION LAWS * None was robbing, whoring and murdering over drugs when addicts could buy all of the heroin, cocaine, morphine, opium and any other drug cheaply and legally at the corner drug store. When addicts had access to pure pharmaceutical drugs, overdoses were virtually unheard of. In short, our so-called "drug problems" are almost entirely generated by irresponsible drug prohibition laws. We can extricate ourselves from the monstrous disaster drug prohibitionists have led us into by repealing drug prohibition and installing a regulated market for adult drug use that can handle the real problems caused by drugs which are insignificant compared to the costs of drug prohibition. Redford Givens San Francisco - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea