“It is the users of illegal drugs...
“It is the users of illegal drugs that create the demand. . . . They are as responsible for the destruction, violence and crime, both here and abroad, as the greedy and vicious members of the Medellin Cartel and other suppliers of this poison.”
--U.S. Atty. Robert C. Bonner, announcing that everyone caught arriving at Los Angeles International Airport with illegal drugs--no matter how small an amount--will be prosecuted in federal court.
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