State and local drug enforcement faces cuts in money for drug control programs by President Bush, arguing that the programs are ineffective and must be cut because of large budget deficits. I thought we didn't have to worry about the deficits. A total of 1.3 billion would be cut, much of that would be money used for collaborative efforts to battle drug sales and for drug prevention programs. Crystal meth has become a growing problem, even among suburban soccer moms.
Alabama Democrat Bud Cramer said Alabama police chiefs and sheriffs have told him that the cuts would devastate law enforcement. "Crystal meth is sweeping through the state," Cramer told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. "It's going to eat us alive." Gonzales said, "The president is very concerned about the deficit and some very difficult decisions were made. Of course they didn't work on the tax cuts ot the inaugural balls. Those are vital to the country.
The proposed budget would eliminate a $600 million grant program for local police forces, cut $126 million -- more than half -- from the administration's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program and reduce by 60 percent to $20 million the Justice Department's methamphetamine initiative. I don't get it.
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