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't even work. Could there be a
more important use for it than public safety? It made no difference to the drunk and sleepy subway motorman in the spectacular underground smash-up at the Union Square Station in NYC. Even if he had a drug test before his shift, he still would have had the accident. Non-invasive (eye-hand co-ordination and other) tests would work better and not shockingly subject us to highly intrusive poking. It also doesn't work inasmuch as it has had no affect whatsoever on drugs. * Main Justice, by Jim McGee and Brian Duffy, 1996, ISBN 0-684-81135-9 * * The drug war never had a stronger supporter than President George Bush. * * He showered the nation's drug warriors with money---nearly tripling the * overall anti-narcotics budget from $4.3 billion in 1988 to $11.9 billion * in 1992. * * The results were disappointing. * * After four years there was more cocaine on the streets than ever. * Naturally, it was also cheaper than ever. * * The overall crime rate was unchanged too. * * Inside Main Justice, such numbers are depressing. To those outside the law * enforcement community, it might have seemed an ironic, even heretical * notion, but to many of the career lawyers and prosecutors inside Main * Justice it was an article of faith that solving the nation's drug problem * could not be accomplished by prosecution and jail sentences alone. These * career people feel the answer is self-evident: Education, rehabilitation * and improving the grim lot of most of those prone to drug addiction ought * to become national priorities. * * Said David Margolis, who had supervised the Criminal Div |
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