Web Extra: War of Words Over War on Drugs

Download the City Council resolution and letters from El Paso representatives.

Fri., Jan. 30, 2009

Download the City Council resolution and letters from El Paso representatives:

1. Letter from U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes

2. Letter from El Paso's Texas House delegation

3. El Paso City Council Resolution
An amended version of this resolution added a passage calling for the federal government to engage in an "honest, open national debate on ending the prohibition on narcotics."

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