Library Index :: Drug Reference - Narcotics, Depressants, Stimulants

Drug Treatment - Drug Abuse And/or Addiction, How Many People Are Being Treated?, Characteristics Of Those Admitted

What we're doing is simply a holding action. We've arrested more people than the prosecutors can prosecute, than the judges can convict, than the jails can hold. Until there's a demand reduction—and that means education and treatment—you're not going to see any change.

—Captain Harvey Ferguson, former chief of narcotics enforcement, Seattle, Washington

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