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Introduction: Is It a War on Drugs? |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--IS IT A WAR ON DRUGS? |
| Author: Editor |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2000 |
| Size: 552 Words, 3,467 Characters |
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Nearly 30 years ago, the Nixon administration was the first administration to declare "war" on drugs. Today, tens of billions of dollars and millions of arrests and incarcerations later, drug abuse remains a major problem in America. Are we winning or losing the antidrug campaign? Should we even call it a "war"?
The number of illicit-drug users in America is currently about 13 million. Over half the adul...
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...ation, treatment, and enforcement--is required. Legalization is not an option, especially to those who have experienced the scourge of drug addiction in their neighborhood and community.
We must, says Ritter, combine firm law enforcement with the reduction of demand through such approaches as drug courts, mental health treatment, programs for recovering addicts, and drug-free workplaces. vbcrlf
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