By Kirk D. Richards Dispatch Staff Reporter Prevention costs less than treatment.
Treatment costs less than prison.
And if you make it to age 19 having never tried drugs, you'll probably avoid the cycle of addiction, the federal drug czar told the Columbus Council on World Affairs yesterday. Barry McCaffrey Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, speaking at the Athletic Club of Columbus, said adults can fight the temptation of drugs better than youths. You don't finish your second year of law school and start taking cocaine,'' said McCaffrey, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Drug users usually are not arrested for smoking marijuana, for example, but for stealing, he said. Drug use leads to violence, teen- age pregnancy, academic failure and stunted emotional growth, he said.