The druggies' drug of choice these days seems to be meth, but the drug warriors' drug of choice is still pot.* The druggies' drug of choice these days seems to be meth meth n. Methamphetamine hydrochloride. , but the drug warriors' drug of choice is still pot. Dr. Sally Satel, of the American Enterprise Institute The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) is a conservative think tank, founded in 1943. According to the institute its mission "to defend the principles and improve the institutions of American freedom and democratic capitalism — limited government, , explained why in a recent essay in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was established by the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C.A. § 1501 et seq.) and began operations in January 1989. , she says, endorses "the gateway theory of addiction." Since hard-drug users generally start with marijuana, if we crack down on marijuana, hard-drug use will drop. This model does not jibe with her clinical experience, however. As a staff psychiatrist for a methadone clinic in Washington, D.C., Satel has taken the histories of over 500 addicts. "They were staggering under the weight of a chaotic home life, and had dropped out of school, committed petty crimes, and battled depression. These problems, not marijuana, led them to hard drugs." What problems, one wonders--chaotic thought? petty politics?--lead the federal government to ineffective drug policies? |
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