Pubdate: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 Source: Houston Chronicle (TX) Copyright: 2001 Houston Chronicle Publishing Company Division, Hearst Newspaper Contact: http://www.chron.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/198 Author: Dean Becker THE EVILS OF PROHIBITION Drug prohibition instigates evil worldwide. Prohibition takes something of minimal value and changes it into something of immense value. In the effort to grow, process, ship and sell drugs, many criminals join in this financial feast. Evil is hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths from AIDS. Wicked is 1.6 million non-violent drug users arrested each year. Mean is $100 billion meant for education used, rather, for the prison-industrial complex. But the greatest evil of drug prohibition is the collusion of our government. Dean Becker, Houston - --- MAP posted-by: Josh