BRITAIN SHOWS WAY TO SANER DRUG POLICY

So the British government finally moved to reclassify marijuana after
reviewing data and listening to expert advice ("Britain eases laws on use
of marijuana," July 11).

How different this is from the head-in-the-sand approach we take in this
country, where the perpetual drug war ignores inconvenient data.

Isn't it long since time to replace the Drug Enforcement Agency and its
drug czar with people with medical credentials and a harm-reduction approach?

William Paul Jenkins

Bel Air