Boston, Massachusetts, USA - "We have a public policy crisis: we are
spending billions of dollars to fight a war on drugs and we don't seem
to be able to stop the flow of drugs into this country. We are
spending more and more public dollars on housing men and women who are
involved with the drug trade, drug addiction seems to be increasing,
and yet we don't seem to have the money to help those who want to turn
their lives around and recover from addiction." With these words,
Boston City Councillor Chuck Turner started the public hearing to
investigate the war on drugs. He called the hearing "just the
beginning of a long dialogue in Boston to see how we can move
forward".

Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Boston City Councillor Chuck Turner is calling for a public hearing this Monday to investigate the War on Drugs.  The purpose of the November 15th hearing is to gather data on the resources devoted to the war on drugs by different city, state, and federal agencies...