Prohibition creates corruption - again

These stories are becoming all too common. Four veteran police officers who "conspired with drug dealers to steal money, drugs and guns from competing dealers" were arrested in Chicago this week. Investigators say more officers were involved in the scheme and expect more arrests to be made. Evidence shows the officers were involved in making bogus traffic stops to conduct shake-downs and also broke into homes to steal from their victims.

None of this would happen if we ended prohibition of some drugs. Just as the end of Prohibition I closed down the speak-easies and dismantled the criminal networks that provided bootleg booze, so the end of this prohibition would close down the crackhouses and put the backstreet dealers out of business.

Think about it. When is the last time you heard of cops shaking down people for a case of Budweiser?