DROP, DON'T EXPAND, FAILED DRUG APPROACHES

Charles Levendosky ("Forfeiture laws grate on Constitution," July 23)
smartly brings our attention to one of the most notable failed policies of
our current "War on Drugs," and that is the forfeiture laws.

He would do well to also review the many other failed approaches that have
been forced on our populace in the past three decades in the quest for a
"drug free" society.

Some drugs, that is. And then perhaps he might join those who would
discourage New Bedford's attempts to attract more federal monies into the
area in an effort to solve the problems associated with the illegal drug trade.

I would think that the citizens of New Bedford are creative enough and
interested enough in their city's welfare to come up with working solutions
that do not require the citizens to prostitute themselves for the sake of
dollars which lead to an ever increasing federal presence in New Bedford.

STEPHEN HEATH, Largo FL