I plead for sanity and an end to the unwinnable war on drugs! This so-called "war" is funding the cartels and gangs, and their greatest nightmare is the legalization of drugs in the United States.
Keep all the drug laws we now have, but have state-owned stores like liquor stores where addicts could buy a week's supply of drugs that do not lead to violent behavior. They would sign a legal waver and watch three-minute video about getting help for addiction.
The price would be kept at five to ten dollars (no need to steal and kill to get money for drugs), and it would be a major crime to sell a drug at a higher price than that of a state-operated store. Such a system would not be perfect, but it would destroy the cartels and save the lives of countless innocent people--perhaps those of the readers of this letter. Doctors would also be allowed to write prescriptions for a week's supply of pills.
The cold-blooded murders of Leroy and Dorotha Fullwood were preventable and a direct result of our stupid drug policies! I'll let the reader supply other examples of innocent people being murdered and maimed because of laws that the drug cartels love.
Roger E. Carrier
Sandy
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