Legalize Drugs to End War on Them

* Re “Is Our Drug Policy Failing? Don’t Ask,” March 29 op-ed by Orange County Superior Court Judge James P. Gray:

I sure wish The Times would get on Judge Gray’s bandwagon. You have the power to help government understand the truth about its “war on drugs.” I’ve watched it fail since the ‘60s, and now it’s expanding, with continued failure as the only result.

It just seems obvious that the illicit profits sustain the worldwide use and distribution of these killer drugs. Make them legal and controlled, and tax their sales. Isn’t it time?

JON SHIRLEY

Garden Grove