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- NATION, Page 21American NotesDRUGSFuzzy-Wuzzy Narcs
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- Will the next conscript in the war on drugs be an inch-long,
- greenish-white beastie with a taste for coca leaves? The idea
- of bombarding the high mountain valleys of Bolivia and Peru
- with millions of eggs from the malunya moth, which in its
- caterpillar stage loves to munch on the foliage of the
- cocaine-producing plant, got a lot of play in Washington last
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- But, for all its appeal to environmentalists, the notion of
- pitting bugs against drugs may never be hatched. Bolivia and
- Peru object that the insects could inflict damage on citrus and
- other legal crops. Said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater:
- "We are not undertaking any biological war. Neither troops nor
- caterpillars will go in without prior request and
- consultation."
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