Pubdate: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 Source: National Post (Canada) Copyright: 2012 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/wEtbT4yU Website: http://www.nationalpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286 Author: Alex Sobolewski DRUG REFORM The most pressing issue of law is the war on drugs. It eats federal funding for crime prevention, jails 100,000 people for non-violent acts yearly and affects minorities disproportionately. Taxation, regulation, and a harm reduction strategy would lower deficits, improve civil liberties and help politically stabilize Latin America. Alex Sobolewski Hamilton, Ont. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.