Legalization: Time to end this senseless drug war

This column is originally from the Miami Herald and reprinted in a paper in southern Illinois.

Legalization: Time to end this senseless drug war - Opinion - bnd.com: "``Prohibition creates crime and violence in our society that need not exist, except for the policy of prohibition itself,'' said Kyle Vogt, of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

``We tried this with alcohol, and we had gangsters, just like Mexico does. And when we replaced Prohibition with a system of regulation and control, we got rid of the gangsters. You don't see Coors and Budweiser doing drive-by shootings or planting car bombs to increase their market share.''"