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Making Al Capone Look Like a Gentleman

Jacob Sullum | 8.4.2006 2:20 PM

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Writing in The San Diego Union Tribune, former Seattle police chief (and San Diego assistant police chief) Norm Stamper explains why "we are the source of Mexico's 'drug problem,' " which features severed heads, children thrown from bridges, and families roasted alive.

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books).

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