Pope links violence to idolatry of money. Good stuff Pope!

 ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE— Pope Benedict XVI denounced the drug-fueled violence wracking Mexico...AP http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2012-03-23/pope-decries-drug-violence-mexico 

My heart has been bleeding for 45 years as I watch the 'unintended consequences' of the Food and Drug Administration's effort to eradicate poppy, coca and pot from the face of the earth. Black markets created everywhere from the Americas to Asia and reigning drug lords much more rich and powerful than any of the gangster heroes who were created in our effort to ban alcohol during Prohibition. These drug lords rule nations not just cities or neighborhoods.

Much of Mexico and Pakistan is gone to them, all of Afghanistan is under their control, poor neighborhoods in the US racked with violence and our prison population rate up over 600% since 1970! ALL OF THIS TRAGEDY because the FDA won't allow the medical community to treat drug users as they see fit by prescribing them with safer and supervised versions of the drugs which they are addicted to.

It is immoral and professionally negligent for our media not to refer to this subject when covering all of the tragedies it is directly related to. The US Pharmaceutical lobby has been too successful and it is not in any law abiding person's best interest for this insane FDA policy to continue.

I pray to God for our congress and the president to address this issue directly.