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...response, General McCaffrey, the head of the White House anti-drug office, said that the U.S. was considering stripping Mexico of its status as a country that fully cooperates in the war against drugs--not an irrational rejoinder, given that Colombia, which will most probably be decertified for a second year, has taken more substantial anti-drug action than Mexico. However, President Clinton seems to be wavering since Mexico issued a letter explaining that any move to lower Mexico's rating would result in a corresponding decrease in Mexican support and a general feeling of doubt as to the benefits...
...controversy has erupted in the Harvard medical community over Cambridge Hospital's decision to invite U.S. Drug Czar Barry R. McCaffrey to deliver a memorial award lecture at an upcoming conference on addictions...
...uproar stems from a basic philosophical disagreement between McCaffrey, who has pursued hard-line measures as Drug Czar, and many of the physicians affiliated with the center who advocate more liberal measures such as legalization of medical marijuana and needle exchanges...
...during that time of Prohibition, as drug czar Barry McCaffrey has noted, the negative results of alcohol dramatically declined as fewer people were able to abuse it. A similar argument can be made for overturning Roe v. Wade. If the law were to prevent abortion and stigmatize the procedure so that it comes to be seen as immoral, then perhaps fewer women would choose that option...
...General McCaffrey ought to rethink his statements about invading Arizona and California on zero-tolerance missions to secure drug-free justice. The New England Journal of Medicine in its Jan. 30 issue editorialized on "Federal Foolishness and Marijuana," saying that marijuana's status as a Schedule I drug should be downgraded to Schedule II, reflecting the acceptable medical use of the drug. Many sick people have legitimate uses for it because they are in pain, and whatever can alleviate their pain should be legal simply because that's the medically correct and humane thing...