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Arizona's Proposition 200, which passed four years ago, was a radical departure for a conservative Republican state. Before the vote, former Presidents Ford, Carter and Bush released a letter attacking it. Drug czar Barry McCaffrey flew to Phoenix and warned that it amounted to "the legalization of all drugs." But the politicians may have been out of touch with popular sentiment. Recalls political consultant Sam Vagenas, who steered the Arizona initiative: "When we asked focus groups if we were winning the war on drugs, people just laughed...
...right thing. In an era of good news - falling crime rates and dipping drug use figures - Clinton hasn't had anybody to put on the Sunday talking-head shows to grab credit. Neither Freeh or Attorney General Janet Reno would showboat for the administration. Drug czar Barry McCaffrey would, but the retired general's too-hot-for-prime-time style sometimes provoked backlash. Ashcroft may serve that function for Bush, or he may be viewed as too much of a pol, in which case Bush would be well served to go for a more charismatic FBI director when Freeh bows...
...Drug czar Barry McCaffrey b) Pit boss Bruce Babbitt c) Chili commissar Tom Stuckey d) Divorce lawyer Raoul Felder...
...audience member at least, McCaffrey's words were reassuring. "It was interesting to see the perspective of the US government and people," Mara I. Hernandez said...
...Mexico, where I'm from, we are protective of our sovereignty, and everybody always says we should take care of our own problem, and that the U.S. should take care of demand. It was reassuring to see McCaffrey focus on demand while still pushing for multinational action...