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LETTERS, Page 9Drug Withdrawal
The drug war can no longer be fought with beautiful phrases
(NATION, Sept. 4). Treachery, greed, terror, force and death are
the hallmarks of the drug thugs. Each triumph fills narcobarons
with ever greater confidence in their invincibility. Power is what
matters in the world of money, blood and fire, not aesthetic
concerns, education or even life itself.
George Abusambra
Bogota
What a sad paradox that the U.S. Government is compelled to
spend millions of dollars to combat the drug forces largely
financed by the citizens of the U.S.
Eugene P. Lillard
Austin
The drugs in Colombia are not the heart of the issue. Killing
Colombians will never kill the American drug problem. Prohibition
didn't stop alcoholism; papal infallibility hasn't stopped abortion
(the Supreme Court won't either); and military action in Colombia
won't stop drug addiction. Drugs don't hurt anyone until they are
taken. The question worth answering is, Why are Americans, or
anybody for that matter, taking drugs?
Murray Woody
Vienna
The time has come to end the orgy of terror in Colombia. Action
has to be taken now or never.
Edison Berrio
Plainfield, N.J.
I read with alarm your article about the drug war. I'm
astounded at the power wielded by the Colombian cartels. Americans
are going to feel the backlash when the drug supply is choked off.
We have blundered into widespread, "harmless" recreational drug
use. Abrupt withdrawal will affect many U.S. households.
Dan Bower
Flint, Mich.
Offering to supply brass knuckles to besieged Colombians, and
then holding their coats as the fight escalates, is pretending the
drug problem is in Colombia instead of in the White House backyard.
William J. Weber
Paris, Tenn.