cannabisnews.com: U.S. Drug Czar Advocates Rehabilitation U.S. Drug Czar Advocates Rehabilitation Posted by FoM on November 03, 2000 at 08:07:33 PT By Maria Tor, Cavalier Daily U. Virginia Source: U-WIRE White House drug czar Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey advocated drug prevention and rehabilitative treatment for illegal drug users at a forum at the Miller Center of Public Affairs yesterday. McCaffrey, the White House drug policy director and retired four-star general, said the two main goals of the nation's $19.2 billion drug control strategy are preventing youths from beginning gateway drug taking behavior and effectively treating the five million American drug addicts. He addressed about 35 people, mostly Miller Center fellows and older Charlottesville residents and answered questions about the effectiveness and philosophy of the U.S. drug policy in a tough, no-nonsense manner. He said the best way to keep people off drugs was to "hit" them in the most impressionable age bracket, 6th to 12th grade. He said statistically, people who do not use drugs in their teenage years probably will not use drugs in adulthood. He added that the government places too much emphasis on educating children about drugs in schools. Kids need to be curbed from using drugs during the "3 to 7" time after school when many kids are unsupervised, McCaffrey said. The government has launched an extensive media campaign to educate youths outside a school atmosphere, he said. He added that adolescent drug use has gone down 21 percent in the last two years. Another goal of the National Drug Policy is to treat the five million drug addicts in the country, who McCaffrey called "loathsome." In order to minimize damages and make the community safer, the government needs to make treatment more available to addicts, he said. McCaffrey also made predictions about the future of drugs in America such as the disappearance of cocaine in favor of methamphetamines and the designer drug ecstasy. "Americans will not buy the legalization of drugs," he said, adding that being tolerant of beer and marijuana, like some countries in Europe, would make the drug problem worse. One man in the forum asked why the United States is the only country that does not allow farmers to freely harvest industrial hemp. McCaffrey replied that there is zero interest from the textile industry in using hemp, and that a profitable market for hemp is "not bloody likely." Updated: 12:00 PM ET November 2, 2000 (U-WIRE) Charlottesville, Va. (C) 2000 Cavalier Daily via U-WIRE CannabisNews Articles - Barry McCaffrey http://cannabisnews.com/thcgi/search.pl?K=McCaffrey Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #5 posted by FoM on November 03, 2000 at 20:45:21 PT: ONDCP Incentives Story Hi Everyone, Here are two articles that I thought you might be interested in reading.ONDCP Incentives Story" is online at: http://mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n000/a233.htmlSee also the High Times interview with Dan Forbes at: http://mapinc.org/drugnews/v00.n1655.a05.html Related Articles:Fighting Cheech & Chong Medicinehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/6/thread6572.shtmlPropaganda for Dollars http://cannabisnews.com/news/4/thread4317.shtmlWashington Script Doctors http://cannabisnews.com/news/4/thread4291.shtmlDrug Money, How the White House Secretly Hooked TVhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread4290.shtml [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by dddd on November 03, 2000 at 16:31:37 PT What a phony It's always disturbing to read about the czar giving another twisted speech. The speech was at the Miller center.Could this be the same Miller that is owned by R.J.Reynolds?(Or is it Phillip Morris?). The czars supposed advocacy of "rehabilitation",is comparable to a republicrat who favors campaign finance reform,or term limits. For all the years the czar has been reigning over the war,he hasnt done diddally squat to rehabilitate anyone......uh....well....hang on a minute,,,maybe I judged him too harshly.I think he considers;incarceration = rehabilitation.He has spoken out against Prop.36 in CA. Someone told me the other day,that the czars' mental condition,is closely parallel,with such delusional conditions that Manson,or the unibomber,or Hinckley were obsessed with. After thinking it over,I dont think that this concept is too farfetched........dddd [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by freedom fighter on November 03, 2000 at 15:35:22 PT One can make gas out of hemp, not bloodly likely with this thing(I could not call it a person or an animal!). I sure want to build a house with hemp. Who does this thing think it is?As Mel Gibson in Brave Heart, would do! Look and see my arse waving in your face, barrriiiiieeee! [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Dan Hillman on November 03, 2000 at 12:48:17 PT McHalfFree: caboose position Well, now that the whole country seems to be swinging away from his military-police-state views, McHatReam wants to pretend he's still leading the parade. Barry, get used to watching a lot of soap operas, because that's what you'll be doing after January. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Ethan Russo, MD on November 03, 2000 at 09:36:54 PT: Talking Trash "McCaffrey, the White House drug policy director and retired four-star general, said the two main goals of the nation's $19.2 billion drug control strategy are preventing youths from beginning gateway drug taking behavior" How, by putting them in jail? It hasn't worked up 'till now, and never will."McCaffrey replied that there is zero interest from the textile industry in using hemp, and that a profitable market for hemp is "not bloody likely." " Naturally, du Pont isn't interested in hemp, but consumers are. I grew up 4 miles from what was once the largest cordage company in the world. That was due to hemp. Nylon, and the US inspired industrial-legislative conspiracy came along to boycott hemp, and the facility slowly died and the local economy was depressed for decades. McCaffrey may point to the recent difficulties with profitability of hemp in Canada, but he is primarily responsible with his tactics to seize shipments and contravene international treaty laws. Hemp is a marvelous resource that has been profitable in many countries, and has not begun to meet its potential due to our policies. What do you really think will happen when a domestic supply of hemp is available? The usual thing: American farmers will figure out how to grow bumper crops, scientists will devise new uses, and entrepreneurs will sell the products to eagers consumers. Everyone will profit. That's the American way. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: