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Mon, 16 February 2009 10:24 |
justjoe
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I've been saying this for a few years.Yes,before Obama's election.
peace, joe
Editorial: Obama's Other War
from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #572, 2/13/09
guest editorial by Matthew Robinson
As commander-in-chief, President Barack Obama must now oversee our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As President, he is also responsible for another war, one that has gone on much longer and been more costly in terms of dollars spent and lives lost.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is an executive agency in the White House. According to its web site, ONDCP is charged with establishing the policies, priorities, and objectives for all US drug control policy. And Obama is now in charge of ONDCP.
ONDCP's goals include reducing illicit drug use, manufacturing and trafficking of drugs, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences. Research has shown that ONDCP has failed to consistently meet these goals since it was created in November 1988.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/files/2009ndcs.jpg
propaganda for too long -- ONDCP's National Drug Control Strategy report
Illicit drug use is not down during ONDCP's tenure, drugs are still widely available, and illicit drugs are actually more dangerous now than even during the peak of drug use in 1979. Crime and violence have significantly declined but criminological research shows this is mostly attributable to non-criminal justice factors such as an improved economy and an aging population.
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read the whole thing and the comments which are quite good.
here:> http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/572/obamas_other_war?pri nt
thanks
peace, joe
Bruce Cain
http://www.newagecitizen.com/
relegalize Cannabis
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