Opiate Addiction

Bin Laden allegedly plotted to ship huge amounts of poisoned cocaine into America, a plot that the NY Post says was thwarted by the Colombian drug lords concern that this "might effectively destroy the market . . . " (Post, July 26). The humorous side: Jay Lenno commented that every patriotic American should use cocaine because otherwise we'd be letting the terrorists know that they have won. The serious side: when the major drug cartels are able to prevent contaminated cocaine coming into the US, but the tens of billions of US government dollars each year have made not the slightest impact on the availability of the "good stuff" coming across our borders, maybe it's time to reassess the fundamental assumptions that guide this domestic war of ours. RGN