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by Jim McGee and Brian Duffy, 1996, ISBN 0-684-81135-9
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*   The drug war never had a stronger supporter than President George Bush.
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*   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.
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*   The results were disappointing.
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*   After four years there was more cocaine on the streets than ever.
*   Naturally, it was also cheaper than ever.
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*   The overall crime rate was unchanged too.
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*   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.