Letters: Folly Of The War On Drugs

U.S. POLICIES ONLY STRENGTHEN NARCO FACTIONS

Re: "Guns at the Ready - Colombia's FARC a threat still worth
fighting," Monday Editorials, and "Marijuana plants discovered close
to Dallas DEA offices," Friday Metro.

Those of us who have followed the drug war take note of The Dallas
Morning News' recent new fervor for a war that, like Iraq, has
created much opposition due to the folly of its policies.

The editorial laments the Colombian FARC, yet it is U.S. drug war
policies that grew the narco factions and keeps them well financed
and strong today. Those policies empowered the narcos to take down
South American countries one by one.

We can't keep illegal drugs out of our prisons, much less off our
streets. The ungodly amount of money is a result of the black market
and the opportunities to get in on the take.

When the local Drug Enforcement Administration cannot even keep a
notable growing operation out of its back yard in Dallas, you have to
wonder who is in on it.

Larry Nickerson, Haltom City