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- Apr. 24, 1989: American Notes:Drugs
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Apr. 24, 1989 The Rat Race
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- NATION, Page 25
- American Notes
- DRUGS
- Outline for a Skirmish
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- <p> After weeks of rumblings, federal drug czar William Bennett
- last week unveiled an $80 million emergency plan for an assault
- on the drug-and-murder epidemic in Washington. But the proposal
- looked more like an outline for a skirmish than for an all-out
- offensive.
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- <p> Bennett snubbed Washington's embattled local government by
- failing to invite any of its representatives to the press
- conference at which the plan was announced. He went on to
- castigate the administration of Mayor Marion Barry, saying it
- "has failed to serve its citizens." Finally, he disclosed a set
- of measures that may put more dealers behind bars but is likely
- to do little to curb rampant drug use. Local police will get
- help from 82 federal agents. A 500-bed detention facility will
- be built in the District and more beds will be available in a
- federal prison in Maryland. Drug treatment will gain only 300
- beds instead of the 1,040 the city asked for. Will Bennett's
- battle plan do much to help the nation's capital kick the habit?
- Given the czar's imperiousness and the swirl of rumors
- surrounding Barry, whose friendship with an accused drug dealer
- is under investigation, that is far from certain.
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