COCAINE ERADICATION

Futility strikes again in the form of certification for Mexico and waivers
for Columbia's cocaine eradication efforts. Source eradication is pure
folly; here's why:

Using a mere 1/20 of 1 percent of the entire coca-growing region, 795
metric tons of cocaine are produced annually using primitive farming
methods.

The coca-growing region of South America is approximately the size of the
United States east of the Rocky Mountains. One hundred percent of the
world's cocaine comes from South America.

Most Americans can't keep crab grass out of their own back yards, and yet
they continue funding a glorified weed-pulling program in a tropical
jungle. The certification process begins with "certified idiots": utopian
policy-makers in lock-step with warmongering drug cartels.

Let's eradicate stupidity. Let's certify harm reduction and tolerance.

John F. Wilson, Waco