Criminal
Nov. 4, 2000
Initiative Provides Medical, Spiritual Approach to Drugs
The nation's "War on Drugs" has been a monumental failure. Since the Nixon administration successfully implemented a treatment-based approach to the drug problem in the early 1970s (derailed by Watergate), successive administrations have pursued a dual strategy of education regarding drug abuse and harsh punitive measures, including incarceration in prisons and jails, as a primary means of combating the drug problem.
The nation's "War on Drugs" has been a monumental failure. Since the Nixon administration successfully implemented a treatment-based approach to the drug problem in the early 1970s (derailed by Watergate), successive administrations have pursued a dual strategy of education regarding drug abus...
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