THE BIG ISSUE: COCAINE IT'S WRONG TO BLAME AMY WINEHOUSE

Your extensive coverage about the harm done by the drugs trade to
developing countries misses the point. These countries aren't being
wrecked by celebrity lifestyles, but by drug prohibition. Their
plight, so movingly described, is eloquent testimony to its failure.
What these countries need and deserve isn't futile appeals for
compliance with an unworkable law solely on the grounds of concern
for its unintended consequences, but an objective and mature debate
about prohibition itself.

Kate Francis

London NW8