WAR ON DRUGS LEADER TO LEAVE

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barry McCaffrey, the military strategist and commander
who has directed the nation's war on drugs for nearly five years, plans to
leave in early January. He says he is considering teaching offers,
including a return to West Point.

"I'm enormously proud of what we've done," McCaffrey said yesterday in an
interview. "We had exploding rates of adolescent drug use and we've reduced
it."

His resignation as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
is effective Jan. 6, two weeks before President Clinton leaves office.