I couldn't help but gasp at the unmitigated gall of Linda Bayer, "senior writer and psychologist at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy" who, some 17 years after the Reagan administration declared the "war on drugs," chastises those who point out its abysmal failure and declares that it is not really a war after all (Counterpoint, Dec. 5). I suggest an alternative to the "sound long-range plan" she insists the government has. It's called honesty.

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