DRUG WAR RHETORIC

* As one who spent three decades in anti-narcotics law enforcement
work for local and federal law enforcement, it was enlightening to see
the truth finally printed. President Pastrana chronicles the personal
experiences that he and the citizens of his beloved Colombia have undergone.

This sheds new illumination on the Arianna Huffingtons and other
Hollywood impressionists and their view that "Traffic" and other films
regarding the drug crisis should construct the drug policies of
America. Treatment is necessary, and this country should take a step
forward in that area, though if we abandon our drug war efforts, we
have the war that Pastrana gives personal credence to.

Stanford Nelson

Redondo Beach