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Rather Than Following Through On The Proven Crime And Violence Prevention Techniques That Work, We Are Back To Tough-talking Sound Byte Policies That Have Been Proven To Not Only Fail To Reduce Crime But Actually Increase Crime, Waste Taxpayers' Money And Discriminate Against Minorities.

Unfortunately, The Elimination Of Incentives Such As Parole, Good Time Credits And Funding For College Courses, Means That Fewer Inmates Participate In And Excel In Literacy, Education, Treatment And Other Development Programs.

While We Must Ensure That These Dangerous New Drugs And Precursors Do Not Get In The Hands Of Children Or Others Who Would Use Them Improperly, We Must Also Be Aware That These Same Drugs Have Legitimate Uses.

Obviously, There Has To Be A Profound Change In Direction. Otherwise, Interest On The National Debt Will Start Eating Up Virtually Every Penny That We Have.

We Live In An Information And Knowledge-based Economy.