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US CA: Column: It's Time to Call Off War on Drugs, Former

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Pubdate: Sun, 3 Oct 2010
Source: Contra Costa Times (CA)
Copyright: 2010 Bay Area News Group
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Website: http://www.contracostatimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/96
Author: Tom Barnidge, Contra Costa Times Columnist

IT'S TIME TO CALL OFF WAR ON DRUGS, FORMER NARCOTICS AGENT SAYS

RUSS JONES has spent nearly half of his 64 years dealing with drugs.

Of his 10 years with the San Jose Police Department, six were in the narcotics division.  He was part of a Drug Enforcement Agency task force.  He did intelligence work in Central America for the U.S.  State Department and research in China and the Soviet Union for the Office of International Criminal Justice.

Name a controlled substance, and he can tell you how it is made, where it is marketed and what it costs on the street.  He can tell you something else: America's war on drugs is an unmitigated failure that should be terminated.

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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake

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