3 Feb
2001
3 Feb
'01
11:26 p.m.
Drugs will never be legalized in the United States. We've been focusing on legislators, but the problem is even more basic than that: The Mafiosi and the gangsters won't allow it. They can't make the kind of profit margins they're accustomed to when legal suppliers can produce coke for $6 an ounce or Marijuana for $1.50 a 40-pound bale. So look for major contributions to the campaign funds of drug warriors if it ever looks like their cash cow is in danger. Note: This assumes that gangsters are not stupid - which is definitely *NOT* in evidence, so I could be wrong about this; but it is certainly true that life would suck for them if drugs were legalized. Bear