ON DRUG WAR, PLAN A WILL NEVER SUCCEED

The editorial "Make homicides target No. 1" (Nov. 23) for making
homicides the number one priority is noteworthy, and even
acknowledged that Hamilton County Coroner Dr. O'dell Owens'
assessment that it's just drug dealers killing each other was not
accurate. There are many other negative impacts related to these
drug-trade-related homicides.

The editorial fell short when it called for more of the dug war's
"Plan A" tactics. It is time to discuss how to honestly decrease this
violence. Plan A is not working, has not worked and will never work,
so where is Plan B?

Robert Ryan

Blue Ash