Narconon of Georgia  

$0This announcement by the Obama administration voicing a determination to fight the Mexican drug cartels and quell the demand for drugs in the US at least shines a light on a piece of a plan.  However, while the plan alludes to some high tech solutions for thwarting the flow of drugs across the Mexican border, the ideas for reducing drug demand in the United States seem to more of the same “lock em” up mentality.$0$0$0$0The United States is already locking more people up per capita than any country in the world and yet the drug problem keeps escalating.  If we sat back and did nothing it probably wouldn’t be any worse.$0$0$0$0Who is telling kids (the future drug abusers or abstainers, depending on how we guide them) that heroin, pot, methamphetamine, cocaine and prescription medications are deadly?  If they don’t die from drug abuse, they will likely wind up in jail as we have plenty of law enforcement to make sure it happens.$0$0$0$0What happened to our free and safe drug education money?$0$0$0$0Narconon drug treatment and education 877-413-3073$0$0 $0$0“ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Obama administration officials said Friday they will devote more resources to fighting Mexican drug cartels and use new technology to thwart them while trying to quell the U.S. demand for drugs that fuels the violent gangs.$0$0$0$0$0Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced a 2009 counternarcotics strategy at a press conference with White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske. Holder called it "an effective way forward that will crack down on cartels and make our country safer."$0$0$0$0$0http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ibBHPe9dTyH2mepqN2cwUMGkkYOAD98KO51G0$0$0 $0