NO-HIBITION

Bill O'Reilly blames the Mexican government for not doing more to curb
its country's drug-related violence, like the 28,000 dead, and crush
the drug cartels ("The Madness in Mexico," PostOpinion, Sept. 3).

Apparently, O'Reilly, who fancies himself a student of history, has
learned nothing from the self-defeating futility of alcohol
prohibition or the decades-long war on drugs.

O'Reilly, who is a staunch suppressionist, opposing even the most
modest decriminalization, should ask himself: Have we won the war on
drugs? If not, are we any closer to winning the war on drugs?

Before he continues to blame the admittedly inept Mexican government,
perhaps he should look in the mirror to see one of the unwitting
perpetrators of this fiasco.

At least O'Reilly can control his own attitudes and
actions.

Edward S. Hochman, Manhattan