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Jan. 26, 2001

Losing Battle

The War on Drugs has proved to be one of the most difficult, if not impossible, fights. The current laws, while threatening on paper, are simply laughably inadequate to fight this difficult battle. This is because the chameleon-like forms of drugs have permeated every aspect of society from the poor to wealthy and from men to women to children. The law must address an ineffective system of drug enforcement in order to control all of the parts of the drug problem.

        By Stephen Zager

        The War on Drugs has proved to be one of the most difficult, if not impossible, fights. The current laws, while threatening on paper, are simply laughably inadequate to fight this difficult battle. This is because the chameleon-like forms of drugs have permeated every aspect of society from the poor to wealthy and from men to women to childre...

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