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Nationwide War On Drugs?
Federal drug czar William Ben
nett plans to make Washington,
D.C., (the so-called "Murder Cap
itol" of the USA), the showcase of
the nation In his war on Illicit
drugs. Washington Is a great
place to start (from Bennett's
perspective) because It Is the
most famous city In the world.
Another more Important reason
(again, from Bennett's perspec
tive) Is that he will make himself
and the Bush administration
look good If he can get drugs off
the streets of Washington.
! Contrary to the views of many,
he will succeed In D.C. but don't
expect the same success In any
Other city In the USA because
Bennett doesn't have the re-
TOurces to go beyond D.C. So,
when he cleans up D.C., you wrlU
think that great things are hap
pening nationwide, but that
won't be true. Sorry, Chicago,
Detroit, New York (even Balti
more), you'll have to live with
your drug problem.
Washington, D.C., Is unique In
that It has more police forces
than any other city In the coim-
try. Some of the police forces
that exist In D.C. are the District
of Columbia Police, Park Police,
the Elxecuttve Protective Service
(which guards embassies), the
Secret Service, Capitol Police
(guards the Capitol and con
gressional buildings), a force
that guards federal cfflice build
ings. a force that guards D.C. of
fice buildings, the Drug Enforce-
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Charles W. Faulkner
ment Administration, Bureau of
Alcohol, Drugs and Firearms,
the investigative arm of the In
ternal Revenue Service, the Na
tional Guard, U.S. Marshals Ser
vice, the FBI, CIA, several
secretive federal Investigative
agencies and more than 50 pri
vate police agencies. Whew!
That's a lot of police. And drug
czar Bennett has the authority
to use many federal police agen
cies to combat drug use and
sale In D.C.
There could vlrtualty be a po
liceman for every 10 citizens In
the District of Columbia. Most
D.C. residents will be under sur
veillance. Now what happens
when the ratio of police officers
to citizens Is raised to this ab
normally high level? False ar
rest, violation of civil rights, po
lice brutality and Invasion of
privacy. This Is the price that
citizens have to pay for the war
on drugs. So If any Innocent D.C.
resident complains about being
roughed up by the police, the
standard response that he will
receive Is, "Do you want us to get
rid of drugs or not? You begged
for help, so here It Is. Stop com
plaining!"
The pathetic thing about Ben
nett's war on drugs in Washing
ton. D.C., is that It won't reduce
the use and sale drugs a single
bit. Soon, drug dealers and doers
may not be quite as visible on
the streets of Washington, D.C.
But that Is only because they
will have gone Indoors. Or. to
Baltimore, Md-. Alexandria, Vs.-,
New York Cltv or elsewhere to
get and sell their drugs. "Don't
make me laugh, (p.s., want to see
a real war? Watch for the war be
tween drug czar William Bennett
and Washington, D.C., Mayor
Marlon Barry.)
Brandi B. Johnaon, 8. was th*
winner at a poetry conteet hdd
at Northaide Chriatian Acada-
my. She is the daughter of Aa
ron and SyMa Johnaon.
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