Pubdate: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 Source: Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) Copyright: 2003 Lexington Herald-Leader Contact: http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/240 Author: John Mullins DRUG WAR A WASTE The war on drugs is a joke. The American people have spent $70 billion over the past five years on the war on drugs, yet our senators and President Bush allow illegal immigrants to cross our southern border by the hundreds every day. Some smuggle cocaine and heroin with them. The southern border is where most drug smugglers cross. If the Drug Enforcement Administration can't stop them at the border, it should stop wasting taxpayers' money. And if the government can't stop the smugglers at the border, how can it stop terrorists from bringing weapons of mass destruction across the border? President Bush and Tom Ridge call this "homeland security." What a joke. Tell your senators to seal that border or stop wasting the money on the war on drugs. The DEA puts the American people in jail, yet the illegal drug smugglers go free. How fair is that? John Mullins Ashland - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake