Pubdate: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 Source: Wall Street Journal (US) Website: http://www.wsj.com/ Address: 200 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10281 Contact: 2001 Dow Jones & Company, Inc Fax: (212) 416-2658 DRUG WAR BLINDNESS Christopher Caldwell's review (Bookshelf, March 14) of yet another in the torrent of books criticizing the drug war, "Forces of Habit," deftly outlines the case but then informs us that the book's author, historian David Courtwright, rejects legalization, the obvious solution. This illustrates how we in America, after decades of drug prohibition, are so confused about drug policy that we accept the drug war -- a modern Inquisition. Political heroes are what's needed. Once the drug war begins to collapse, as the Volsted Act before it, there will be plenty of political followers. Dave Michon Eau Claire, Wis. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth