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Publication Date: June 1988
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Eisenach
Research Area: Social conditions
Keywords: Society
Type: Report
Abstract:
The evidence indicates that drug use can be cut when reasonably aggressive enforcement efforts are combined with "measured response" penalties against the drug user. Future policy thus should focus heavily on the "demand side" of the drug equation, and not simply beef up interdiction. A carefully designed "zero tolerance" strategy would enable the U.S. at last to turn the tide in the war on drugs.