Which Way, L.A.?

Legalize Drugs to End Drug War?

Mass graves on the border with Mexico are blamed on drug lords while more drugs than ever enter the U.S. Are we losing another war? The Republican Governor of New Mexico says, fight drugs with legalization. Some say the end of prohibition made sense for alcohol trafficking, why not for drugs?

By Warren Olney • Dec 8, 1999 • 1 min read

Mass graves on the border with Mexico are blamed on drug lords while more drugs than ever enter the U.S. Are we losing another war? The Republican Governor of New Mexico says, fight drugs with legalization. Some say the end of prohibition made sense for alcohol trafficking, why not for drugs?

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author

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Which Way, L.A.?

Legalize Drugs to End Drug War?

Mass graves on the border with Mexico are blamed on drug lords while more drugs than ever enter the U.S. Are we losing another war? The Republican Governor of New Mexico says, fight drugs with legalization. Some say the end of prohibition made sense for alcohol trafficking, why not for drugs?

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Which Way, L.A.?

Legalize Drugs to End Drug War?

Mass graves on the border with Mexico are blamed on drug lords while more drugs than ever enter the U.S. Are we losing another war? The Republican Governor of New Mexico says, fight drugs with legalization. Some say the end of prohibition made sense for alcohol trafficking, why not for drugs?

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