Pubdate: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 Source: New York Times (NY) Copyright: 1999 The New York Times Company Contact: http://www.nytimes.com/ Forum: http://www10.nytimes.com/comment/ Author: Danny Terwey A FLAWED DRUG POLICY To the Editor: A Nov. 24 news article on two drug enforcement agents who were surrounded and nearly killed by a group of suspected drug traffickers in Mexico raises some interesting questions. If the agents were illegally armed, would the United States honor a Mexican extradition request to speed justice? If neither the outlaws nor the Mexican police want our agents in Mexico, why are they there? Most important, who still thinks that militant prohibition is effective policy? Danny Terwey Santa Cruz, Calif. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea