The evidence is all around us. However, this political reality is changing. Dr. Kildare, rather than Eliot Ness, is the role model for banishing our deepest sickness. Certainly the new Administration in Washington should seize the moment for a fresh and comprehensive look at the drug laws. Accordingly, for every ton of cocaine we seize, we easily fail to seize somewhere between 9 and 19 other tons - and the seizure rate for drug monies is even lower.
Food markets accept higher rates of spoilage for fruits and vegetables.
What we are doing is not working. As judges, we are at the helm of a sinking ship, and our citizens are really still not aware of the hopelessness of the situation. There must be and is a better way. This fact is so clear, that I make two promises without hesitation. The first is that our country will adopt a materially different approach in order to combat this critical problem, because what we are doing now is so clearly not working.