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player ready...As the saying goes, “Death is nature’s way of telling you something’s wrong.” There is something very wrong with our nation’s policy on alcohol and other drug abuse. We are bombarded with news stories about death-the violence of drug trafficking and gangs, and the violence in families. Behind the violence we find drug abuse and addiction.
There must be a balance between efforts to reduce demand and supply. Under the Reagan and Bush administrations, the federal government invested 70 cents of every “war on drugs dollar” into interdiction, foreign initiatives and narcotics police. With radar balloons on the Texas borders and speed boats in the Gulf of Mexico, we have sought to stop the supply of drugs entering the country. This effort has failed-the deaths prove it.
There will never be significant reductions in drug supplies as long as our society’s insatiable demand for drugs continues. It is time for a change.
President Clinton can make prevention and treatment equal partners with law enforcement, and he can emphasize community policing instead of foreign interdiction. Our nation has proof that we can change-we need only look as far as drunken driving to see the benefits of a balanced approach.
We hope that the president will remember these words and that he will move $3 billion into prevention, education and treatment. The message is simple: Reduce the demand and stop the killing.