News (Media Awareness Project) - US NY: PUB LTE: Colombia, Drugs And Us |
| Title: | US NY: PUB LTE: Colombia, Drugs And Us |
| Published On: | 2001-02-01 |
| Source: | New York Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-27 01:15:46 |
COLOMBIA, DRUGS AND US
To the Editor:
Re "No Crops Spared in Colombia's Coca War" (front page, Jan. 31):
How many innocent people in Colombia will be made to suffer because some
Americans crave illegal drugs?
Unless we learn that treatment must be the main strategy, we'll continue to
destroy families and neighborhoods in our own country by jailing hundreds
of thousands of nonviolent drug offenders, and destroy other countries,
like Colombia, by enticing them to supply our demand for drugs and then
forcing them to declare war on drugs.
EMMETT BARCALOW
Amherst, Mass., Jan. 31, 2001
To the Editor:
Re "No Crops Spared in Colombia's Coca War" (front page, Jan. 31):
How many innocent people in Colombia will be made to suffer because some
Americans crave illegal drugs?
Unless we learn that treatment must be the main strategy, we'll continue to
destroy families and neighborhoods in our own country by jailing hundreds
of thousands of nonviolent drug offenders, and destroy other countries,
like Colombia, by enticing them to supply our demand for drugs and then
forcing them to declare war on drugs.
EMMETT BARCALOW
Amherst, Mass., Jan. 31, 2001
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