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Essay Archive - Drug Legalization
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. ....
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