Pubdate: Wed, 29 Jan 2003
Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA)
Copyright: 2003 San Jose Mercury News
Contact:  http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/390

FARMERS TO TAKE ROLE IN POLICING DRUG TRADE

Cuba's small farmers pledged to help fight the communist island's incipient 
drug problem Tuesday, saying they would watch out for and report others who 
grow, sell or use narcotics in the countryside.

While the government earlier this month blamed the island's narcotics 
problem on foreigners who bring in drugs, the farmers' vow for the first 
time publicly raised the possibility that drugs are being grown on the island.
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