An evaluation of the current battles in the war on drugs reveals some disturbing trends. Usage across the board was in steady decline. America got a new commander in chief for its wars, Bill Clinton. The facts don't lie. Since 1993, drug use, especially among our nation's teens, has sky rocketed.
Drugs are back.
Young people are using them once again, and they're happily inhaling. Last week, Rep. John Mica accused the Clinton administration of gutting the war on drugs by cutting Pentagon assets needed to interdict U.S.-bound shipments. Mica based his allegation on a report by congressional investigators that said the number of flight hours devoted to counter-drug missions declined 68 percent from 1992 though 1999. Former U.S. Customs agent John Carman can confirm that assessment. Even if it was less than 15 percent, that's still not enough.