Baloney. Drug use was falling, and had been falling, since 1979. It even continued to fall from 1989 to 1993. It then stayed flat for another 8 years.
I don't see any significance, one way or the other, of the formation of a 1989 cabinet position.
Baloney. Drug use was falling, and had been falling, since 1979. It even continued to fall from 1989 to 1993. It then stayed flat for another 8 years.
MJ use fell from about 13% down to the 5% range by 1989 and remained mostly flat since then, with a slight recent rise. Heroin addiction rose 50% from 1992-1999. You don't have enough lipstick to make that pig look pretty.
I don't see any significance, one way or the other, of the formation of a 1989 cabinet position.
The drug problem was deemed important enough in 1989 to create a new cabinet position, with much fanfare, and you don't consider it significant? OK.