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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Mailbag: How to fight drug cartels

Today's Arizona Daily Star online has an article titled: "Mexican drug gangs
assuming government roles." If you want to read it, click this link:
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/article_6f4c5a30-e69b-5626-8471-9b20c
aa59c25.html
.

The solution: legalize drugs and tax them, just like cigarettes and alcohol.

When the prohibition of alcohol was repealed, organized crime lost a major
source of income and the number of violent crimes plummeted. It is obvious
that present U.S. drug prohibition is not working. Continuing ineffective
action is costly and does not solve the problem. It actually creates
problems of overcrowded jails and courts. The drug cartels' domination
spills over into the U.S.'s southwestern communities and includes law
enforcement corruption.


source:
http://www.democratherald.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_bf10c24a-7b20-11e
0-9f40-001cc4c002e0.html

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