This also means that our scarce health care dollars must get to the recipients and not to those who commit fraud to become rich at the expense of the poor. In order to insure that place of primary care, I will propose placing the governance of our charity hospital system with the LSU medical system and the medical schools of our state. The ethics and the goals of the medical schools and LSU parallel that of a healthy charity hospital system. When it comes to health in our state, we must admit that the problem of drugs and drug abuse has had a profound impact on many lives. In the area of crime, this insidious monster has had a direct impact on lives being destroyed and prisons being filled.
Every statistic indicates a lack of progress in dealing with drugs and drug abuse.
Interdiction of supply has not worked. Law enforcement will admit that drugs cannot be stopped at its sources in an effective manner. However, we do know what works and has worked. Drugs are not the problem they once were in the business world and some government agencies. Drug testing has stopped it.