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drug abuse that iseating away our nation.Fromhigh schools in Iowato busi-ness offices in New York,Americans are consumingmore drugs than ever be-fore.And this deadly tide ofdrug abuse threatens notonly our health but our veryfuture as a nation.Here arethe cold,hard,cheerlessfacts:  \nMore than 18 millionAmericans are regular usersof marijuana.  \nAt least 11 million Amer-  \n# CURRENT EVENTS\n\nA policeman carries a load of marijuana afer a raid on afiold in Virginia.                              \n# New Antidrug Law Wins Praise\n\nicans are alcoholics.  \n● More than 6millionAmericans regularly usecrack or cocaine.  \n● More than 500,000Americans are heroinaddicts.  \nBecause most drug useis ilegal,it is hidden.Thisleads experts to believe thatthe actual number of regu-lar users may be higher,perhaps much higher.Alto-gether,the U.S.now con-sumes an estimated 60percent of all the illegaldrugs produced in the wordd.And to feed their habit,Americans shelled out anestimated $140 billion for  \n## Mext week:Complete Elecion Resols and What They Mean\n\n5  \ndrugs in 1987.  \n## Stopping Supply\n\nThe epidemic ofdrug usehas led toahost of ills,fromincreased crime to wastedlives.In response to agrow-ing public outcry to act,theFederal Govemment in 1982begana“War on Drugs.”Thefocus of this program hasbeen to try to cut the suppyof drugs by sealing 0.S.borders.  \nAll of the cocaine and her-oin and 90 percent of themarijuana enters the U.S.from abroad-mainly fromLatin America.Smugglersbring drugs into the U.S.mainly by sea and by air.ThelongU.S.southern coastlinefrom Florida to Texas is dot-ted with hidden coves and  \noieho  \nDrug obuse is a seriousproblem in the U.S.  \ninlets-ideal places for boatsto drop drug cargoes undercover of night.Other drugsmugglers use airplanes.Taking off from isolated air-ports outside the U.S..smugglers fly low acrossthe U.S.border at night tounload shipments of mari-juana or cocaine at hiddendrop sites.  \nIn the past six years,abeefed-up fleet of U.S.CoastGuard ships and border pa-trols have seized many tonsof illegal drugs enteringthe U.S.Hundreds of drugsmugglers have been ar-rested.But this has hardymade a dent in the massiveflow of drugs across ourborders.  \nAccording to a 1987 Gov-  \nContiued on Next Page  \nCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1  \nenment report,the supplyof illegal drugs has actuallygrown despite these efforts.Between 1986 and 1987,thesupply of cocaine grew by10 percent.Over the sameperiod,the supply of mari-juanajumped 26 percent andheroin rose 18 percent.Somuch more drugs are nowentering the U.S.says thereport,that the price hasdropped for a number of im-portanit drugs,stimulatingmore people to buy.Thestreet price for a kilogram  \nso large,says the report,that\"it is now beyond the abilityof any single government tocontrol.\"  \na federal death penalty  \nfor drug kingpins and oth-  \ners who kill or direct a kill-  \ning in the course of a drug  \nrelated major crime;  \nstiff fines of up to  \nCutting Demand  \n$10,000 against users of  \nNearly everyone involvedin the war on drugs agreesthat efforts to cut the sup-ply of drugs entering the U.S.must continue.But,they say,it is only part of the solutionto drug abuse in America.The other part they say,iscutting demand-gettingAmericans to stop usingdrugs.  \neven small quantities of il-  \nlegal drugs;  \nmore funds to states to  \nestablish drug treatment  \nprograms to help addicts get  \noff drugs.The law says thata majority-55 percent-of  \nthe drug budget must go for  \ntreatment and antidrug  \neducation;  \n●afederal drug “czar”  \n(2.2 pounds)of cocaine,hasdropped from $30,000 to$10,000 since last year.Theproduction and sale of drugsaround the world has grown  \nCutting demand is thefocus of a new law passedby Congress just before it ad-journed in October.The newlaw establishes  \nwith power to run the entir","cbCaiesuoUcsxlP2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiesuoUcsxlP2","pdf",3529564,13,"English","# CURRENT EVENTS\n## New Antidrug 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