COLOMBIA AND THE WAR ON DRUGS

Re "Authorities break up Colombian heroin networks," May
24

The Times has been periodically reprinting this myth of "progress" in
the war on drugs for decades; only the names of the agents, drugs and
arrestees change. If The Times is going to continue to cover this
fairy tale, can you at least cover both sides? A quote from an
authority at the Drug Policy Foundation or some such will do, and it
will always be the same: "The story offers false hope. Prohibition is
not, has not and cannot work. Prohibition promotes gangs, violence and
criminality, and is contrary to the best interests of a free and
lawful society."

Peter Wilson

Simi Valley