1. Alternative To the War on Drugs
Alternative To the War on Drugs The illegal usage of drugs is very prevalent in our country today. ... According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - in 1996, the latest year for available information, the government spent over $100 billion dollars on a drug war that has been largely unsuccessful. ... Right now the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 prohibits any federal funds from providing clean needles to drug users. ... For example, Len Bias, the basketball player, died of a cocaine overdose. ... Dennis Sterling of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation was quo...
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