Pubdate: Tue, 19 Feb 2002
Source: New York Times (NY)
Section: Editorial Op-Ed
Copyright: 2002 The New York Times Company
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: Stuart Michael

DRUGS AND TERRORISM

To the Editor:

Re "Bush's $19 Billion Antidrug Plan Focuses on Law Enforcement and 
Treatment" (news article, Feb. 13):

President Bush says that buyers of illegal drugs are supporting terrorism. 
I think that the same could be said of buyers of petroleum products. 
Furthermore, this administration's failure to adopt a coherent energy 
policy will probably do more to ensure an intractable war on terrorism, as 
our competing priorities in the Middle East continue to inflame a bad 
situation.

STUART MICHAEL

New York
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