Pubdate: Wed, 11 Aug 1999
Source: Progressive Review, The (DC)
Contact: 202-232-5544
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DRUG BUSTS

DENVER POST: Veteran TV anchorman Hugh Downs proclaimed his opposition to
the war on drugs Monday while addressing a convention of more than 5,400
prison managers from across the nation and Canada. "I'd like to see an end
of the war on drugs - it is just insane," he said, adding that the federal
government's long-term, multi-billiondollar war on drugs has "turned a
medical problem into a crime problem"

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