Drug prohibition doesn’t work

This week, The Times featured yet another story about a drug bust gone bad. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies detained 32 African American students and one Latino student at Los Angeles Trade Tech College in an attempted undercover raid. The sting operation was done on the Sheriff's Department's initiative, without the knowledge of campus officials. Criticisms of this action alleged racial profiling.

By Malakkar Vohryzek

January 11, 2008