Orrin Hatch: “let's face it, since this administration has taken over, there has not been a war on drugs, not a real effort on drugs.…”

“let's face it, since this administration has taken over, there has not been a war on drugs, not a real effort on drugs. They cut the drug czar's office. They have cut interdiction. They have cut facilities in the transit zones. They have not put the moneys where the moneys should go. They are not effectively spending them, and I have accused the President of being AWOL on drugs, or absent without leadership on drugs. I don't think many Democrats or Republicans disagree with that statement. The fact is they have been AWOL on drugs, and there is a cavalier attitude down at the White House: ``So what. Don't all young people use drugs?'' My gosh, all young people don't use drugs, and there are a lot of people who have repented and are now fighting the battle side by side with us. I commend them for having done it. I recommend the people in the White House do the same thing. I have been appalled by what has been happening. Our borders are a sieve. Now we have these drug lords coming in and buying up ranches at exorbitant prices. Ranchers are glad to get out of there because they feel intimidated. They feel they are being mocked. They feel that they are being overrun. They feel that they are going to be murdered. So why not sell out at exorbitant prices and get through it? Let's be honest about it, Federal law enforcement has been under severe strain, just as the technical sophistication of drug trafficking syndicates is reaching new heights.”