Pubdate: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Copyright: 2003 San Jose Mercury News Contact: http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/390 FARMERS TO TAKE ROLE IN POLICING DRUG TRADE Cuba's small farmers pledged to help fight the communist island's incipient drug problem Tuesday, saying they would watch out for and report others who grow, sell or use narcotics in the countryside. While the government earlier this month blamed the island's narcotics problem on foreigners who bring in drugs, the farmers' vow for the first time publicly raised the possibility that drugs are being grown on the island. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth