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Yes, Treatment, But… Yes, Treatment, But…

Follow these links for the other articles in this forum: the original article by Michael Massing, and reponses by Peter Kornbluh andMike Gray--and Massing's concluding thoughts.

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Elliott Currie

Response Response

I’m encouraged to see how much common ground there is between my colleagues and me. But some key differences remain. Peter Kornbluh contends that the distorting effect of all those…

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Michael Massing

An Old City Seeks a New Model An Old City Seeks a New Model

In early December 1984, an undercover police officer named Marcellus Ward met with a pair of heroin dealers above a candy store in southwest Baltimore.

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Joshua Wolf Shenk

Does Europe Do It Better? Does Europe Do It Better?

Listen to a debate among drug policy advocates and you're likely to hear impassioned claims about the brilliant success (or dismal failure) of more "liberal" approaches in certai...

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter

George Soros’s Long Strange Trip George Soros’s Long Strange Trip

Research assistance: David Levinson Wilk.

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Russ Baker

Marijuana Made Easy Marijuana Made Easy

For more than half a century, the US government has maintained a hard line on marijuana, denying that the plant has any medical value at all.

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Cynthia Cotts

The Road to Reform The Road to Reform

Nearly everyone seems to agree that the war on drugs has been a disaster, but little progress in ending it has been made.

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Carol A. Bergman

Beyond the Drug War Beyond the Drug War

Most of the media regard the coy refusal of George W.

Sep 2, 1999 / The Editors

The Commentary School of Falsification The Commentary School of Falsification

Israeli schoolchildren returned to their desks this year to find a new history curriculum.

Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

The Rest of Them Are Clean The Rest of Them Are Clean

Elizabeth Dole won't break the law. McCain has scored no coke. The thought of Hatch with smack or crack Is palpably baroque.

Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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