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To: ManyMoose who wrote (478699)	3/26/2012 2:15:56 PM
From: DMaA	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793914

Bennett is the leader of the dogooder wing of the Republican Party.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (478699)	3/26/2012 2:16:00 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

Not up on Bennett. =============== Contrary to Robertson's view, we have had successes in the fight against drugs. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, 700,000 fewer teenagers used illicit drugs in 2010 than a decade earlier, a 16% decline. From 2000 to 2010, current marijuana use by teens has dropped 9%, methamphetamine use by teens has plummeted 60%, LSD use has dropped 50%, and current cocaine use among high school seniors has dropped 38%. There have been other important victories, too. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the help of the Partnership for a Drug Free America, America's policymakers and opinion shapers got tough on drugs. Through movies, television, mass media, and, yes, sermons, America sent a message: Drug use is not culturally or morally acceptable and it will not be tolerated. The nation was committed to defeating the cocaine epidemic, and it did. cnn.com =============== He ignores the fact that marijuana use in high school is now at a higher rate than cigarette smoking -- a problem which was a attacked in a totally different way at considerably less cost. IN fact, all his statistics are cherry-picked to develop a certain conclusion. He's full of it.