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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n000/a317.html
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Pubdate: Thu, 07 Jul 2005
Source: News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
Copyright: 2005 The News-Sentinel
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Website: http://www.fortwayne.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1077
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

WRONG FRONT IN THE WAR ON DRUGS

You don't have to be a raving libertarian who thinks the whole war on drugs is misguided to wish that Washington would at least re-think its priorities.  A survey of 500 sheriff's departments in 45 states reveals what news stories have already made apparent: Methamphetamine is this nation's most serious drug problem.  Arrests for the drug have packed jails and swamped counties, which face additional work, such as caring for children whose parents have become addicted and cleaning up toxic chemicals left behind by meth cookers.

The administration's response? Sorry, we can't find increased funding for your meth fight.  Pot is a much more serious problem, and our federal resources still must go to that fight.  You know -- otherwise there might be a cancer-ridden grandmother somewhere in Indiana who will go down the depraved medical-marijuana path.

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