Portland Tribune, 13 Sep 2012 – Simply absurd. We create a black market, then the (officials) stand back in "shock" while criminal elements take over that market (Marijuana legalization is a lot of smoke, Aug. 23). We are responsible for the deaths in Mexico. We created the drug war, we handed (the cartels) a multi-billion dollar business. Cartels now have planes, trains, guns, submarines and armies. Welcome to reality.
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US NM: OPED: Police And Our Penchant For Mind-Altering Drugs
Silver City Sun-News, 07 Jan 2012 – Consider, please, the police officer, the sheriff’s deputy, the state police trooper. They are all that stands between us and the mayhem and chaos of intentional lawlessness. Most of what goes wrong that they must try to contain stems from our insatiable appetites for drugs and alcohol. We are careful to distinguish between "our" substance use and "their" abuse, though it is law enforcement that has to sort it out. With that in mind, think of the less than alert citizenry they must deal with in our community. There are the suburbs and the professional community, where substance abuse is more nuanced, where designated drivers are more likely to come into play, where, when law enforcement comes into the picture, there might be specialized need and arrests are less likely than rehabilitation.
