News (Media Awareness Project) - CN QU: PUB LTE: How To Beat Gangs |
| Title: | CN QU: PUB LTE: How To Beat Gangs |
| Published On: | 2009-03-03 |
| Source: | Montreal Gazette (CN QU) |
| Fetched On: | 2009-03-03 23:19:35 |
HOW TO BEAT GANGS
Re: "Anti-gang measures have little lasting value" (Editorial, March 2).
The best way to thwart the gangs is to regulate their commodities,
meaning drugs. But the police and government don't want that. They
would rather make illegal things even more illegal because this
assures that the war on certain drugs will last forever.
This policy will keep cops busy, enrich lawyers, fill jails, and give
politicians a scapegoat to deride. To continue with this failed
prohibitionist policy - doing the same thing over and over and
expecting a different result - is insanity.
Russell Barth
Ottawa
Re: "Anti-gang measures have little lasting value" (Editorial, March 2).
The best way to thwart the gangs is to regulate their commodities,
meaning drugs. But the police and government don't want that. They
would rather make illegal things even more illegal because this
assures that the war on certain drugs will last forever.
This policy will keep cops busy, enrich lawyers, fill jails, and give
politicians a scapegoat to deride. To continue with this failed
prohibitionist policy - doing the same thing over and over and
expecting a different result - is insanity.
Russell Barth
Ottawa
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