subject: A Second Reaction

Joe Oglesby's Aug. 22 column Racial profiling: It's ugly and wrong was
a great piece. My first reaction was anger at Customs and a strong
hope that the jury gives a very substantial award to the black woman
who was so badly mistreated.

My second reaction came after reading the A-section story A governor
attacks the war on drugs. It describes the conservative Republican
governor of New Mexico who has come to the obvious conclusion that the
war on drugs makes no sense. It has been going on for 35 years and has
given us a huge prison population but has had no effect on the drug
trade or drug consumption.

But hooray! Gov. Gary Johnson has concluded that the ugliness and
wrongdoing described by Mr. Oglesby could be eliminated if we had more
politicians like Gov. Johnson and more discussion of the tragedy of
drug prohibition.

RICHARD B. WOLF
Coral Gables