Bradley Urges Emphasis on Preventing Drug Abuse
Saying anti-drug efforts should begin in kindergarten, Mayor Tom Bradley on Monday told a congressional subcommittee meeting in Los Angeles that the federal war on drugs should include more emphasis on prevention and rehabilitation.
Bradley complained that President Bush’s $10.6-billion anti-drug program concentrates too heavily on law enforcement efforts and fails to attack the socioeconomic factors that lead to drug abuse.
Repeating a complaint he made in Washington last fall, Bradley told the subcommittee that Los Angeles does not get its fair share of drug money.
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