BIG BUSTS HAVE NO REAL EFFECT

I REALLY had to laugh when I read about the "Huge pot bust" in the June 6
Sun. Here in the U.S., we have had several occasions when the police have
busted amounts ranging up to 20 tons of pot -- or more.

Strangely enough, the U.S. police take the same attitude as the RCMP. They
seem to believe bigger and bigger busts indicate they are winning the war
on drugs. The one thing they fail to mention is it never seems to have any
real effect on the marijuana market.

Clifford A. Schaffer, Canyon Country, Calif.

(Twenty tons? No effect? Come on.)