Times Record, 23 Oct 2010 – I believe James Friedlander’s proposal to legalize, regulate and control drugs is the correct course of action ("A modest proposal: Should we legalize drugs?" commentary, Oct. 8). Drug prohibition doesn’t work any better than alcohol prohibition did. After 40 years and a trillion-dollars worth of Nixon’s "war on drugs," drugs are cheaper, more potent and more available than ever. We also get the added bonus of ever-increasing prohibition-related violence as drug dealers fight over the market. Drug dealers don’t kill each other, and innocent bystanders, because they are high any more than Al Capone killed rival bootleggers because he was drunk. It’s the money.
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