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ine u.&. Attorney uenerai cites an encouraging development. Ninety-six percent of America’s high schoolers say drug use is a bummer. Educational efforts such as the First Lady’s “Just Say No” program are helping to de-glamorize drug use, 4nd many young people hear and understand the message, but is it enough? . The State Police say cocaine abuse is Virginia’s number one drug problem. Cocaine-related arrests have risen 77.9 percent over the past five years.
But how many arrests will it take to give us a “drug free” generation? We will never succeed until we manage to make Virginia a “drug free zone” by keeping the supply out. 9 ■ Drug profits today are too high \, compared to the lower risk of getting caught and convicted, and until tjie stakes are reversed, drug traffickers will find a way to deliver their products. ’ Local and state law enforcement authorities cooperate very well in policing the distribution of drugs, buth both are too undermanned and underfunded to do the best job they can. This is a specialized crime re
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