Pubdate: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia) Copyright: 2001 News Limited Contact: 2 Holt Street, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010 Fax: (02) 9288-2300 Website: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ Author: Anthony J. Hill DRUG DROUGHT WILL BE BRIEF Piers Akerman is the only one who still believes that the current shortage of drugs is anything but a temporary restraint in the free flow of heroin (``A victory we all should celebrate,'' Daily Telegraph, February 22). A tenet of capitalism is that a demand is met by a supply, and this is especially so in the profitable and worldwide industry of illegal drug supply. This industry has the advantage of being outside the law, so is not subjected to the constraints of commercial propriety, customs duties and the tax man. Anyone who is capable of completing a BAS statement is well able to run an international drug smuggling racket. Anthony J. Hill, Bundanoon - --- MAP posted-by: GD