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Last month Barco announced a shake-up of the military's top brass. Among other things, an army captain has been sentenced to five years in prison for warning the cartel of upcoming antidrug operations...
Gaviria, 43, owes his victory in part to his willingness to pick up the mantle of antidrug crusaders after his party's leading candidate, Luis Carlos Galan, was gunned down last August by drug-cartel assassins. Thrust unexpectedly into the limelight at the urging of Galan's family, Gaviria emerged as the most vocal of the candidates against the narcotraficantes. "I am a supporter of extradition," says Gaviria, but he wants to use it only as a "last resort...
Farrakhan's voice and the impact of his group's antidrug and anticrime work are resonating far beyond the boundaries of the Nation of Islam. Black filmmaker Spike Lee has spotlighted Farrakhan in his two most recent movies, School Daze and Do the Right Thing, and rap artists like Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane and others are now wearing the Islamic star and crescent...
...drugs is to reduce demand for illegal substances. Last week a study by the University of Michigan indicated that drug use is diminishing -- at least among high school seniors. Only 2.8% of seniors polled admitted using cocaine during the previous month. The best news is that antidrug education programs appear to be taking hold. Last year 54.9% of the seniors said they believed sampling cocaine only once or twice is risky. Three years ago, only 33.5% thought...
...proposed foreign aid budget for fiscal year 1991. He allocated a total of $423 million for military, law-enforcement and economic aid to the Andean nations. While the request would double the 1990 bequest, the package represents just 4% of the $10.6 billion Bush has proposed for all antidrug programs. The White House emphasizes, however, that European countries will join the U.S. in providing Andean...