USE ANOTHER METHOD TO FIGHT THE DRUG WAR

Arquita Bost made numerous excellent points in her April 1 letter, "Drug
addiction is the real problem." And while it is true that spending
"billions of dollars trying to put an end to the trafficking of drugs" has
gotten America "basically nowhere," one method still has not been tried.

Why not give every street-level pusher the choice of a truly severe
penalty, or complete freedom if they identify their dealer and contribute
indisputable evidence which could lead to a definite conviction? Then give
that dealer the choice of a truly severe penalty, or complete freedom if
they identify their supplier and contribute indisputable evidence which
could lead to a definite conviction. And so on.

I cannot prove that this method would work, but if the people at the end of
that "And so on" are as politically powerful as America's failure to stop
drug trafficking indicates, it will never be tried, now will it?

After all, with today's additional technology, shouldn't the nation which
saved Great Britain and much of Europe in World Wars I and II be more than
able to win a drug war within its own boundaries -- if those reaping
exorbitant profits at the end of that "And so on" were not more politically
powerful than those risking their lives fighting the drug war?

Robert C. Currie Jr., Laurinburg