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Drug Legalization


Strong drug enforcement in the United States is correlated with the
reduction in crime , drug use, and drug addiction growth rates. The
impact on tougher drug sanctions has been overshadowed by a myth that U.S. drug
enforcement has become too lenient.
This myth has been promoted by the multi-million dollar pro-drug
legalization lobby, civil libertarians, and misguided academic researchers to
the public with limited review and challenge.
Attacks on drug enforcement efforts often hold law enforcement to
impossible and changing performance standards. Law enforcement , treatment ,
and prevention complement each other. None of the credit for the twelve year
decline in drug use among our children is attributed to law enforcement, yet
recent increase in drug use are cited as evidence of law enforcement's failure.
Without question, drug abuse in our society has been a major cause of
crime and social disruption. The drug problem has been so......

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Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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