OMAHA - Nebraska spent about 8 percent of its budget in 1998 on the costs incurred by drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, a private study estimates. The state spent $291 million, or $176 per person, on the direct and indirect influence of substance abuse costs, said the study released Monday by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. The study, which recommends greater investment in prevention and treatment programs, particularly in prisons, said that out of each dollar spent in Nebraska on substance abuse costs, only 3 cents went to treatment. [continues 502 words]
No less than Christopher Columbus, Betsy Ross and Thomas Jefferson were brought into Tuesday's legislative debate on whether to legalize the growing of industrial hemp. Columbus and almost every other sailor of his time used hemp-sails. Ross made the first American flag out of hemp. And Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, possibly grown by hemp farmer George Washington, Sen. Ed Schrock told the Agriculture Committee. But hemp use is considered a criminal act by the Drug Enforcement Administration because of the plant's best-known byproduct: marijuana. [continues 453 words]
The Agriculture Committee planted the first seeds of the industrial hemp debate Tuesday. LB273, introduced by Sen. Ed Schrock of Elm Creek, would provide for the licensed cultivation and commercial possession of industrial hemp. After listening to hours of contradictory testimony, senators decided to hold the bill in committee until next week. Industrial hemp would create another potential cash crop for Nebraska farmers, Schrock said. "The Declaration of Independence was printed on hemp paper, and the first American flag was made out of hemp," Schrock said. [continues 418 words]
In late October, a 31-year-old Omaha woman with a history of drug use and prostitution gave birth to her fifth child. The newborn girl tested positive for crack/cocaine, just like all her siblings except the oldest. And like the four other children, Nebraska Health and Human Services took custody of the child. But the mother still roams Omaha's streets - her children scattered across the country and struggling with the lingering effects of their mother's addiction. One son still has difficulty breathing and acts up in school. Another drifts in and out of sleep at night, unable to stop rocking in his crib. Relatives are raising the four oldest children, and the baby remains in the state's custody. [continues 1582 words]
An Omaha man whose son died from a drug overdose less than an hour after being released from police custody says police should have sought medical attention for him. Roy Lee Reynolds Sr. is filing a wrongful death complaint with the Omaha Police Department, alleging officers were negligent in not taking his son to the hospital to get his stomach pumped. Reynolds said his fiancee contacted the department's internal affairs unit Friday about setting up an appointment to discuss the complaint. [continues 659 words]
Lincoln - The Nebraska Legislature may take another look at legalizing the growing of industrial hemp a year after time ran out on a similar bill. Sen. Ed Schrock of Elm Creek, who introduced Legislative Bill 273 Friday, said the bill was a copy of last year's, which was approved by the Agriculture Committee but failed to be adopted by the Legislature. "There's no urgency on it because it's against (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration) regulations," Schrock said, referring to the ban by the federal agency on the production of industrial hemp. [continues 103 words]
Drug Gangs, Home Labs Behind Spreading Use Of Stimulant In Neb. LEXINGTON, Neb. - Here in the heart of America's heartland, healthy corn crops, juicy steaks, amiable neighbors and winning Cornhusker football teams are the pleasures that have long kept people happy. But recently, folks here have experimented with a different pleasure. This one's illegal. Methamphetamine, a stimulant long prevalent on the East and West coasts, pushed by rogue motorcycle gangs, has become a new pastime. Take a population admired for rural innocence, mix in a powerful, available drug that breeds violence, and the results are stunning. [continues 2117 words]
HYANNIS (AP) - It had been 10 years since anyone was arrested for drugs in Grant County, but in the last 30 days the sheriff has been busy, arresting six people in three separate drug busts. With only about 800 people living in the Sandhills county, Sheriff Mark Crouse did not worry much about drugs in his jurisdiction until recently. "We handle traffic cases, accidents, domestic disturbances, trespassers and game violations," Crouse said. "We just don't have much drug activity up here." [continues 240 words]
A small increase in the cost of a bottle of beer or a glass of wine could provide much-needed treatment programs across the state, according to Sen. Jim Jensen, who plans to offer a alcohol tax increase proposal next year. The proposed tax increase, which would be the first since 1987, would be relatively small, said Jensen - 1 cent for a bottle of beer, about 12 cents for a liter (about a quart) of alcohol, and 5 cents for a liter of wine. [continues 679 words]
U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Kopf has rejected a lower court recommendation that a Lincoln man serving a life sentence for dealing drugs either be resentenced or retried in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Kopf said the Supreme Court ruling, which changes the way federal prosecutors try drug cases, did not apply to the government's case against Jimmy C. Johnson, whom Kopf sentenced in 1998 for distributing crack cocaine. The judge said the ruling, Apprendi vs. New Jersey, decided by the high court this summer, was not retroactive. Kopf's order Thursday rejected a lower court finding that Johnson should receive a new sentence or trial because of the Apprendi case. [continues 248 words]
Police said Friday they didn't know whether a Bellevue man used his Santa suit as a guise for dealing drugs or simply as his uniform for legitimate Santa appearances. Robert E. Rice -- a white-bearded 62-year-old who free-lances as a Santa in the metropolitan area -- remained in the Sarpy County Jail on Friday after a Thursday search of his apartment turned up about 3 pounds of marijuana and a Santa suit. Deputy Chief John Stacey said police also discovered an appointment book containing dates of scheduled Santa appearances and names of people they think may be Rice's marijuana customers. [continues 217 words]
Five months after law enforcement officials took Hector Herrera's $4,000 at Eppley Airfield - saying it smelled of illegal drugs - federal officials have decided to give it back. U.S. Attorney Tom Monaghan said Wednesday that his office reviewed the case of the 30-year-old Mexican immigrant and has declined to pursue the forfeiture in court. "We looked at the law, the facts and decided not to proceed," he said. He would not elaborate. Officials at the American Civil Liberties Union in Nebraska, which had contended that Herrera was unfairly targeted because of the color of his skin, said they were pleased with the decision yet upset that Herrera's money had been held up for so long. [continues 265 words]
Hastings, Neb. - Small methamphetamine labs in houses and apartments may get most of the attention. But they produce only a trickle of the meth in Nebraska, law enforcement agents say. Most of the drug - 90 percent, according to one investigator - comes from Mexico and is distributed through immigrant communities around the state's meatpacking plants. Law enforcement officials say that only a few immigrants distribute the drug. But these dealers have been able to blend into Nebraska's growing Hispanic population, particularly around the state's rural meatpacking plants, officials say. According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, the number of Hispanics living in Nebraska swelled 108 percent in 1990s to about 77,000. [continues 754 words]
Clay Center, Neb. - Loren Jensen's aluminum irrigation pipes disappeared six months ago from his farm near Edgar. Down the road in Fairfield, a 22-year-old man on a methamphetamine high, thinking he'd seen little people coming from his pickup truck, pumped 17 shotgun rounds into the truck and his garage. And in Clay Center, the county seat, the manager of the Twin Oaks Motel walked in on the makings of a meth lab while changing towels in one of her seven rooms. [continues 2827 words]
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary." - H.L. Mencken America has a long tradition of periodic mass hysterics that are forgotten or even mocked by later generations. In the 1920s, religious leaders preached earnestly about the demon-liquor. In the 1950s, every non-conformist was an instant commie and, therefore, an unparalleled threat to democracy. In 1999, thousands of Americans spent millions to prepare for the Y2K apocalypse. [continues 683 words]
Narcotics officers descended on a home in north Lincoln early Thursday morning and came away with what could be the largest seizure of methamphetamine in Lincoln. Officers who served the search warrant at 5744 Walker Ave. found 3 1/2 pounds of methamphetamine, 6 ounces of cocaine and $110,000 cash. Two people at the residence -- Dario A. Arreola, 18, and Miguel A. Rodriguez, 26 -- were arrested. A day earlier, police had arrested Adel Martinez, 27, 6235 Holdrege St., No. 6B. [continues 305 words]
Carole Woods Harris hopes to be re-elected to the Douglas County Board so she can bring to light a tough issue she says the board hasn't fully addressed. Her opponent, Jay Woods, says he should represent District 3 on the County Board because he has the scientific knowledge to tackle problems most commissioners don't even realize they will have to face. Harris, a Democrat, is seeking her third term representing District 3, which covers a northeast portion of Omaha. If re-elected, Harris said, her top priority would be taking a stronger leadership role in getting the board to address problems at the county jail. [continues 568 words]
Meeting Focuses On Alternatives To More Prisons LINCOLN, Neb. -- Calling methamphetamine a cheap poison that is destroying lives and communities across the country, Govs. Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho and Mike Johanns of Nebraska said Thursday that the fight needs to focus on abuse prevention, not punishment. About 70 people, including judges, police officers and substance-abuse counselors from Idaho, Nebraska, Wyoming, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico and American Samoa met in Lincoln to discuss ways to reduce demand for illegal drugs. Kempthorne opened the two-day conference by calling drug abuse one of the most difficult and pervasive problems facing the country today. [continues 238 words]
It's harvest time in Nebraska. Forget the combine, put away the tractor, bypass the grain elevator and pull out the biggest garbage bag around. Because this plant - ill-tended, uncultivated and illegal - is the other Nebraska crop. Although some law enforcement officers say fewer people seem to be harvesting the plant, most people seem to think the drought hasn't done the weed much harm. "The marijuana around here grows 12 feet tall," said a Nebraska State Patrol investigator in charge of eradicating ditchweed. "Along these creekbeds it will run down the creek for a mile." [continues 630 words]
It sounds downright un-American, but the federal Drug Enforcement Administration says Hector Herrera has to prove $4,000 the agents seized at Omaha Eppley Airfield is not drug money before they will give him his money back. The burden of proof is on Herrera. That's the law, the federal drug seizure law. Um, er, well, that was the law until Aug. 23. Then it changed. Now the federal government bears the burden of proving seized money was earned in illegal drug transactions. [continues 424 words]
Fueled by a rise in drug prosecutions, the number of criminal felony cases in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska has nearly doubled in the past five years. In 1994, Nebraska's four full-time federal judges each handled 50 criminal cases from the Omaha, Lincoln and North Platte districts. By 1999, the four judges were each handling 91 cases. More federal drug indictments are responsible for the increase in criminal cases. The prosecution of defendants involved in methamphetamine offenses is the leading contributor, said Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf of Lincoln. [continues 885 words]
Hector Herrera walked into Omaha's Eppley Airfield with luggage at his side, money in his pocket and visions of a sunny afternoon in Phoenix. His flight plan skidded to a halt, however, when narcotics agents who had watched Herrera pay cash for his ticket asked him to take a detour to a room with a drug-sniffing dog. No drugs were found. No charges were filed. Yet the agents confiscated the $4,000 Herrera had in his pocket. They said the police dog detected the smell of illegal narcotics on the bills. That, they said, fueled their suspicion that the money was tied to drugs. [continues 1184 words]
Omaha Fire Chief Paul Wagner has recommended that two Omaha firefighters charged with felony drug possession earlier this year be kicked out of the Fire Department. "This was a very hard decision to make," Wagner said of his recommendation to fire Dale Hanna and Brian Decker. "It wasn't done lightly." Hanna and Decker had been suspended without pay. Police arrested them in May after finding drug paraphernalia and bags with drug residue at Decker's house and marijuana, foil with methamphetamine residue and drug paraphernalia at Hanna's home. [continues 252 words]
Planning Grant Puts Advocates Step Closer To Court Proponents of a Central Nebraska drug court are one step closer to their goal after receiving a planning grant. The grant will allow members of the Central Nebraska Drug Corps to travel to three locations next year to study the drug courts established in those areas, Hall County Sheriff Jerry Watson said. Drug courts address the problems of drug abusers, especially those who have a high recidivism rate in the criminal court system. Drug courts are designed to help nonviolent, drug-abusing offenders stop using drugs and, in turn, quit committing crimes. [continues 600 words]
Boston - When the Senate approved the Tonkin Gulf Resolution in 1964, giving President Johnson carte blanche for war in Vietnam, only two senators said no: Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening. We have made some progress since then. When the Senate voted for an open-ended commitment to aid a war against drug cultivation in Colombia, 11 senators dissented by supporting a modest amendment. The lives of American soldiers are not at risk in Colombia - yet. But in other respects the parallels between this adventure and Vietnam are spooky. [continues 617 words]
Police officers face a dilemma when a driver is stopped and appears to be impaired by drug use. The officers have little evidence to prove that impairment. Chemical tests can prove the existence of drugs, but they don't show the driver is impaired, and it can take days for results, which makes it difficult to charge them with driving under the influence of drugs. The Grand Island Police Department hopes that recent training will change that and make it easier to make a DUI case against someone using drugs and driving. [continues 315 words]
Please -- no wailing and gnashing of teeth at news that the D.A.R.E. program is being phased out. The program doesn't work well enough to keep pouring money and manpower into it. Despite the program's popularity, there has been persuasive evidence since the early 1990s that the program fails to stop youths from smoking marijuana, drinking booze, popping pills and doing any other drugs. A 1990 study funded by the Canadian government reported that "D.A.R.E. had no significant effect on the students' use of any of the substances measured. ... They included: tobacco, beer, pop, marijuana, acid, Valium, wine, aspirin, uppers, downers, heroin, crack (cocaine) liquor, candy, glue and PCP." [continues 334 words]
The call for legalized hemp ("Lawmaker Urges Legalization of Hemp," May 21) is very discouraging for those of us who are working day and night to prevent drugs from being acceptable to children. Hemp is marijuana. Both contain THC, the psychoactive ingredient that makes people high. Studies show that even 0.1 percent THC can produce a high. There is no way to visibly tell marijuana and hemp apart. Chemical analysis would be needed on each plant. The hemp issue is a cruel hoax on farmers. It is being promoted as an economic opportunity for unlimited markets. The truth is that there is a very small market for hemp products. The hemp plant is extremely costly to process. Hemp's core of support comes from wealthy drug pushers. As long ago as 1993, a writer in High Times magazine included the hemp issue as one of the key strategies for legalization of marijuana. But the real disaster of the hemp issue involves our children. Legalizing hemp marijuana would further legalize and normalize marijuana, a drug that is already too available and too acceptable to Nebraska kids. [end]
Lincoln - The 1999 crime statistics are out, and overall crime in Nebraska dropped 6 percent. However, drug-related arrests for youths rose by 12 percent. That didn't surprise one youth counselor. Therapist Bill Nelson, who has four years of counseling experience in Omaha, blamed the increase on an old culprit - marijuana. It's bigger than ever, he said. "It's probably bigger than the '60s. It's back and everybody is using it and it's 'OK,'" Nelson said Wednesday, the day the annual crime report was released by the Nebraska Crime Commission. [continues 661 words]
For those who see the persistent influx of illicit drugs as one of America's most urgent problems, crying out for answers (that's most of us, surely), an event last Monday in New York could hardly have been more disheartening. In January, Laurie Hiett, wife of the U.S. Army colonel who formerly commanded the military's drug-fighting operation in Colombia, pleaded guilty to laundering drug-pusher money. Now her husband, a 24-year veteran, has pleaded guilty to getting in on the illegal scheme. [continues 616 words]
I agree with Sylvester Salcedo's commentary in the March 30 Journal Star. But just as our "War on Drugs" has ravaged Colombia for 30 years, it has had untold effects in our country as well. Our prisons are bursting at the seams with so-called criminals, ordinary citizens who use drugs. The "War on Drugs" has cost us billions of dollars in tax revenue that could have been used much, much more wisely. Furthermore, there is such a lack of trust by citizens toward police officers that witnesses of real crimes, violent crimes, are unwilling to come forward because they fear incriminating themselves. These hostilities between officers and civilians are increased when the officers are pressed by their superiors, whether they are within the force or outside politicians, to employ illegal search and seizure tactics to find these drugs. [continues 369 words]
State officials will take a closer look at how public funds -- nearly $20 million last fiscal year -- are used for drug abuse programs. That action comes in the wake of a task force report showing Nebraska inmates, the state's most at-risk community, are getting but a tiny fraction of those funds. Sen. Nancy Thompson of Papillion, a member of the task force, said the report found the state Department of Correctional Services received about 4 percent of the funds last fiscal year. Up to 85 percent of Nebraska inmates need substance abuse treatment. [continues 578 words]
Pottawattamie County's drug court is off to a successful start, the court's judge told the executive committee of the Fourth Judicial District at a meeting Tuesday night. District Judge Keith Burgett said the seven people who have been admitted so far have had some bumps along the way, but they were making good efforts and were seeing improvement. "Every one of the people in there, I'm proud of," Burgett said. "It's a program that's going to work here." [continues 231 words]
Lincoln - A pulsating neck artery, trembling hands and a hesitancy to make eye contact do not justify detaining a motorist after a routine traffic stop has concluded, the Nebraska Supreme Court said Friday. The court ruled that the drugs gathered from the resulting search of Christopher Anderson's vehicle - 230 pounds of marijuana - should not have been admitted into evidence. Anderson's conviction on possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute was vacated. His case was sent back to Hamilton County for a new trial, and his sentence of 18 months to three years also was set aside. [continues 329 words]
A unanimous Nebraska Supreme Court said Friday a State Patrol trooper's seizure of 229 pounds of marijuana from a motorist's trunk in 1997 was the fruit of an illegal search. The ruling could mean a new trial for Christopher D. Anderson, who had been found guilty in Hamilton County District Court of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and sentenced to 1 ½ to 3 years in prison in 1998. Hamilton County prosecutors could choose to not retry Anderson. [continues 467 words]
Nebraska's county attorneys have a tough decision to make when it comes to drug cases in which money and property are confiscated. In many cases, they can either go after the money or the criminal charges at the state level. But not both. "That's your choice right now," Johnson County Attorney Steve Mercure said. "If you're going to pursue the forfeiture, you cannot go through the prosecution of the individual for a criminal offense." The dilemma stems from a Nebraska Supreme Court decision last year, which found that making an accused drug dealer face both criminal charges and a forfeiture hearing constituted double jeopardy. [continues 1034 words]
A federal judge has thrown out the evidence that led to the arrest and indictment of two people accused of running a methamphetamine lab near Omaha's Pinewood Elementary School. U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon cited police misconduct in his ruling, which came at the request of defense attorneys for Eric Reinholz and Margaret Chevalier. Reinholz and Chevalier were arrested in November 1998 after police found meth ingredients and a small amount of the drug in their house at 63rd Street and Newport Avenue. [continues 400 words]
Dear Editor, Les Mann was right on target with his column urging George Bush to come clean on his alleged drug use, Sept 14, NDNews. Honesty by Bush would help this country get over a big drug hurdle; the abilty to be honest about drug use and its results. Most adults have used illegal drugs of some kind at least once in their life (alcohol and tobacco are illegal drugs if you are a minor), but just try getting them to admit it. My goodness, they even lie to their own children about it. [continues 281 words]
I am really tired of people such as Susie Dugan of PRIDE-Omaha playing the "kiddy kard" every time they try to justify our horribly failed and completely ineffective prohibition of illegal drugs. My three daughters all attend public school. They can buy illegal drugs today as easily as I could when I was in school 25 years ago. The only thing that has changed in 25 years is that my children can choose from a wider assortment of drugs that are stronger than ever before. Our government's drug policy is a crime against children. [end]
The editorial page is wrong to blame the Omaha Police Department for the problems of underage drinking ("Wrong Signal on Teen Drinking," Sept. 15). Law enforcement officials are expected to enforce drug laws that make no sense. Why can you smoke tobacco at 18 but are not allowed to drink alcohol? Why is marijuana illegal when alcohol is more dangerous? Police must contend with the fact that a large portion of the public thinks the drinking age is too high and are actively engaged in evading the law. [continues 63 words]
Dear Editor, The story about the farm hotline on the front page Saturday, 25 September, was both tragic and deeply disturbing. How, in the middle of a bumper year can farmers be having such problems? It is a complex subject, but Nebraska farmers have almost been managed to death and helped into early extinction by "helpful" federal programs and environmental laws that have put farmers at an extreme disadvantage in the world markets. The old joke, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" has long since lost its humor, if farming is your life. [continues 131 words]
Lincoln - Drug-sniffing dogs cannot be used by police outside an apartment without reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. The ruling extends the legal umbrella of the Fourth Amendment - the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures - to outside the four walls of an apartment. "I think this is a major win for Fourth Amendment protections," said Glenn Shapiro, an Omaha attorney who represented the apartment dweller in the case. In 1997, police took a drug dog to an apartment hallway based on a tip from an anonymous caller. The high court said the search violated the U.S. Constitution because apartment dwellers have a legitimate expectation of privacy in the hallways immediately outside their doors. [continues 518 words]
A Nebraska man found with 1 pound of marijuana won't be prosecuted if an Appeals Court opinion stands.On Tuesday, the Appeals Court said the drugs should be suppressed as evidence because authorities based the search on an unreliable source. Jerry S. Keen of Kearney County was arrested in February 1998 after the Nebraska State Patrol seized the marijuana from his home. "I'm obviously happy about the decision," Keen's attorney, Greg C. Harris of Kearney, said. "I don't think I should comment any more because they might appeal this to the Supreme Court." Kearney County Attorney David G. Wondra was unavailable Tuesday. Harris said authorities found "a touch more than a pound" of marijuana in Keen's home. [continues 212 words]
My three daughters all attend public school. They can buy illegal drugs today as easily as I could when I was in school 25 years ago. The only thing that has changed in 25 years is that my children can choose from a wider assortment of drugs that are stronger than ever before. Our government's drug policy is a crime against children. Debra L. Sobey, Norfolk, Neb. [end]
Why can you smoke tobacco at 18 but are not allowed to drink alcohol? Why is marijuana illegal when alcohol is more dangerous? Police must contend with the fact that a large portion of the public thinks the drinking age is too high and are actively engaged in evading the law. State lawmakers in both Iowa and Nebraska gave up the rights of the people to make their own laws when the federal government threatened to take away highway funds if the drinking age was not raised to 21. Get the federal government out of making drug policies and end the federally funded Project Extra Mile. Andrew Sullivan Omaha [end]
Dear Editor, While it is true that alcohol is our country's most problematic recreational drug, those who make their living in the legal recreational drug business deserve to be treated the same as any other legitimate businesspeople. Trevor Schaben, the owner of Thunderhead Brewing in Kearney, should take his highly successful microbrewery to a town more in need of good beer, more jobs, and an expanded tax base. City planner Lance Lang's reasons for concern are rather silly. Citing a concern like underage drinking as a reason to deny Schaben his permit, is like denying the city a permit to build a new airport because a plane might crash there sometime in the future. [continues 101 words]
SMYRNA, Del. - I want to thank the Daily News for the very intelligent way it presented the two articles under the banner "Legalizing Marijuana" on July 14. Your newspaper presented both sides of the argument, which is sorely lacking in the media regarding the "war on drugs." Anyone taking the time to read both articles should have been swayed into a more clear-headed and compassionate frame of mind. For this, I thank you. The war on drugs is stripping the Bill of Rights and most Americans just seem to accept it because they believe it is for "the greater good." I believe German citizens in 1933 may have felt the same way Drug users are being demonized by the government just like the Jews. I challenge you to look deep into the war on drugs and still believe that imprisonment is the answer. [end]
Largo, Fla.- Thanks to the Daily News for the informative story about Art Sobey and his efforts to bring marijuana into the legal and regulated marketplace. Under the current "controlled" drug strategies, my children have a much easier time scoring pot than they do alcohol - since the liquor store asks for IDs. The neighborhood pot dealer does not ID anyone, and Mr. Sobey understands that. Interesting as well, since the opposing piece by Joseph Califano and his CASA group from Columbia University was packed with much of the same tired rhetoric that has been used as justification for arresting more than a half a million citizens last year on marijuana charges. CASA itself is under increasing criticism for refusing to permit any of their studies and papers on drug-law related issues to be peer reviewed. Not so surprising, since such review would likely seriously undermine their efforts to continue the failed policies of prohibition. [continues 54 words]
Bellerose, N.Y.- I would like to thank the Daily News for publishing the article about Art Sobey. It is a very positive indication that freedom of the press is very much alive in the United States. While still in my infancy of battling the prohibitionists view on drugs, I can truly say that Mr. Sobey is right. More Americans need to know the truth about prohibition, its damage to society and what America can do to stop it. Prohibition breeds criminals in both the public and government sectors of society. [continues 196 words]
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