Pubdate: Fri, 27 Feb 2009
Source: Wall Street Journal (US)
Copyright: 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.wsj.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/487
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n218/a03.html
Author: Calvina Fay

U.S. POLICY ON DRUGS HAS BIG REPERCUSSIONS ABROAD

The reality is that the U.S. drug policy is a comprehensive one that
includes prevention and education, treatment, and law enforcement and
interdiction -- contrary to the article's insinuation that we are
relying exclusively on eradication and policing. In December 2008, I
was present at the White House when the Monitoring the Future Study
was released. The annual study found that drug use among our youth
decreased 25% from 2001 to 2008. This is not a failure.

Calvina Fay

Executive Director

Drug Free America Foundation, Inc.

St. Petersburg, Fla.
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