cs. (Can you sense a connection?) The author also established his standpoint of the Mafia's concern for the immense amounts of money that they would lose if drugs were legalized and sold at cost due to the cessation of criminal purchases of illegal drugs at inflated street prices. Vidal began to bring his rather bold statement to a close by making his readers aware of the struggle that would be propelled from The Bureau of Narcotics and the Mafia if the legalization of drugs became a reality. He concluded his essay by stating that drug legalization will never happen because of the unwillingness of the mainstream population to commit to the legalization due to their devotion to the idea of sin and its punishment as well as the business of making money. The situation, according to Vidal, will only grow worse since the combination of sin and money are irresistible (particularly to the professional politician). Many also believe that the situation will only grow worse unless a massive rebellion is formed to overthrow the extremely oppressive government that is rapidly taking away the rights willed to us by our forefathers and for which so many million courageous souls have sacrificed their lives to protect and to preserve. In order for drug legalization to gain public support, it must first be put into a grand perspective by people who are intelligent and in power which further adds to my belief and Gore Vidal's belief that drugs will never be legalized because the most intelligent people are obviously not in power at the moment. Perhaps, if drugs were legalized, the inept abusers of drugs would slowly over time be weeded out through natural selection and the remaining persons would learn from the mistakes of their predecessors and a sound foundation would be laid for our descendants. This situation is, of course, idealistic and will never become a reality unless the human race survives long enough to live out the condemnat...
