Pubdate: Tue, 25 Aug 1998
Source: Dallas Morning News
Contact:  http://www.dallasnews.com
Author: Jim Gierach

DRUG WAR THE SNAKE

Re: "Latin America - Drug trade is the snake in the garden," Editorials,
Aug. 3.

The drug war is the snake in the garden in Mexico and at home. End the drug
war. Coca production is up 56 percent in Colombia between 1995 to 1997.
Drugs are increasingly available, strength is up and drug prices are down as
drugs flood American markets in ever-greater abundance. How much more
drug-war drugs can we endure?

Legalize and medicalize - something that cuts drug profits before a dealer
can make a profit.

JIM GIERACH, Oak Lawn, Ill.

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