Pubdate: Sat, 3 July 1999
Source: Washington Post (DC)
Copyright: 1999 The Washington Post Company
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Author: Arthur Livermore
Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n680.a05.html
Note: Czar McCaffrey's OPED was the target of the DrugSense FOCUS alert at:
http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0113.html

DEFEATED IN THE DRUG WAR

Barry McCaffrey is making a big assumption when he says that "drug
legalization" is "condoning drugs." He fails to recognize the possibilities
that can be explored for "managing drugs" that would replace the failed
"drug prohibition" he claims is the only way to handle addictive drugs.

As to the "question of risk" to society, wouldn't society benefit if we
stopped the violence produced by illegal-drug lords who now benefit greatly
from "uncontrolled prohibited" drugs?

- -- Arthur Livermore
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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake