PASTRANA QUESTIONS DRUG FIGHT

BOGOTA, Colombia--President Andres Pastrana, one of Washington's
closest allies in the global war on drugs, called Thursday for a
review of that struggle, saying it has produced few victories.

''The conclusions are not good,'' Pastrana said in a rare talk with
foreign journalists ahead of next week's visit by Secretary of State
Colin Powell. ''The conclusions are that drugs are still the first-or
second-biggest business of mankind.'' He said the United States
should re-establish intelligence-sharing with Colombia's air force
about suspected drug flights, and urged President Bush to help
organize an international narcotics conference. ''Clearly, we must
also make an evaluation--and not only of the policies of fumigation
and interdiction,'' Pastrana said.