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Arlen Specter: “I have substantial reservations about a U.S. expenditure in excess of $1 billion to reduce the supply of narcotics into…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2000
I have substantial reservations about a U.S. expenditure in excess of $1 billion to reduce the supply of narcotics into the United States. I filed a resolution years ago calling for the use of the military in drug curtailment and narcotic interdiction--but as successful as we have been in interdicting narcotics from Latin America and as successful as we have been in having hectares in Peru, Colombia or Bolivia replaced with other crops, the great demand in the United States and worldwide continues, and thus the supply comes back.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing his recent trips and concerns about U.S. funding for Colombia's drug interdiction efforts.

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