KEEP ANTI-DRUG FUNDS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES

Colombia is about to get $1.5 billion from the United States to fight the
drug war ("Major drug ring in Colombia raided by police, U.S. agents," Oct.
14). Why can't Colombia and other drug producing countries police themselves?

That money should be used to fight drugs at home.

We need to tell drug-trafficking countries that we will no longer tolerate
the drug flow into the United States.

We need to expand drug enforcement within our borders aggressively and take
a "stop them at the gate" approach.

We need to stop the payoffs to foreign interests, who just go through the
motions of drug enforcement - and will continue to do so as long as the
money flows.

William Peck Needmore, Pa.