U.S. says drug legalization no "silver bullet" against crime

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U.S. says drug legalization no "silver bullet" against crime

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-says-drug-legalization-no-silver-bullet-against-121547632.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nhj2_xHEA6bGZqc.l1ruaA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-26T123448Z_1_CBRE95P0YY300_RTROPTP_2_USA-IMMIGRATION-DEATHS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A car filled with bales of marijuana is seen at a police station in La Grulla, Texas" align="left" title="A car filled with bales of marijuana is seen at a police station in La Grulla, Texas" border="0" /></a>By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Legalizing drugs was no &quot;silver bullet&quot; that would make organized crime disappear, President Barack Obama's drugs policy chief said on Wednesday, as Latin American countries explore relaxing penalties for the personal use of narcotics. Gil Kerlikowske, a former police chief, told an international meeting in Vienna that arresting more users and building prisons to put them in was also not the answer to the drug problem in the United States. Instead, this year's U.S. National Drug Control Strategy presented a &quot;third way ... ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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