US OR: PUB LTE: Prohibition Created The Mafia, Cartels

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.