Pubdate: Wed,  9 Jan 2002
Source: The Monitor (TX)
Copyright: 2002 The Monitor
Contact:  http://www.themonitor.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1250
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n010/a06.html?2942
Author: Diana Valencia
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)

REGULATE, BUT DON'T PROHIBIT

To the editor: A response to Hugh Kelley ("Legalization won't work," Jan. 
3). I am a mother of two young children. I have to start looking out for 
them. I honestly believe "regulation is the key." Currently, illegal drugs 
are the easiest to attain for kids these days. Easier than alcohol and 
tobacco. Creating regulation rather than the black market would make drugs 
harder for our children to attain and would take profit and violence away 
from the streets. Just because a drug would become regulated doesn't mean 
that everyone would want to try it. I think there are people who plan to 
use them, legal or not, and others who have no interest in using them at 
all. Your assumptions are specious and ought to be re-examined.

Diana Valencia, Kelseyville, Calif.
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