Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice5.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!rdz
From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Free market drug trafficing (One More Try)
Message-ID: <753@ccice5.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 09:01:39 EST
Article-I.D.: ccice5.753
Posted: Thu Mar 28 09:01:39 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 30-Mar-85 01:49:47 EST
Distribution: net
Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY
Lines: 31

The following is from the 3/24/85 edition of the "Democrat and Chronicle".
I present it as "news" and leave the argument about its "credibility" to
others.

"In all, 47 accused dealers were rounded up during raids that netted
thousands of pounds of marijuana, more than 10 pounds of cocaine, an
assrtment of weapons and three cars.
"But investigators said the arrests will make only a small dent in the
drug trade in Rochester and not even a ripple in the ocean of drugs
sold across the country.
"'Yes, we've been successful in many respects,' said Dale Anderson,
commander of the Rochester FBI office.  'But the United States and
Rochester, NY, are not winning the war against drugs.
"'The narcotics problem exists in this country to such a degree that
we could use all 8,000 FBI agents to combat drugs and still need to
hire 80,000 more agents.'
"Cotsworth described the three drug rings as significant suppliers of
cocaine and marijuana in Rochester.
"'On a scale of one to 10, some of these organizations are maybe 10s
here.  We've had our successes,' Cotsworth said.  'But on a scale of
one to 10 on the overall picture, they are probably on the lower
spectrum.
"'That's how many drugs are out there.  That's how severe the problem
is.'"

Three drug rings are busted in a city of < 300,000 and the business
goes on almost as usual.  And some of you out there think that ONE organization
controls ALL drugs in cities as large as 10,000,000+?  Looks like a
pretty free market to me.

	*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***