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PART 1. Drugs and Public Policy ISSUE 1. Should Drugs Be Legalized?YES: Ethan A. Nadelmann, from "Commonsense Drug Policy," ForeignAffairs NO: James A. Inciardi and Christine A. Saum, from "LegalizationMadness," The Public Interest University of Delaware professor James A.Inciardi and his associate Christine A. Saum contend that the war ondrugs is not a failure and that legalizing drugs would worsendrug-related problems. Legalization, they maintain, would increase thenumbers of people using drugs, which ultimately would escalate criminalactivity. Also, they question which drugs would be legalized and thekinds of restrictions that would be placed on them. ISSUE 2. Should theUnited States Put More Emphasis on Stopping the Importation of Drugs?YES: Barry McCaffrey, from The National Drug Control Strategy, 1997 NO:Mathea Falco, from "U.S. Drug Policy: Addicted to Failure," ForeignPolicy Barry McCaffrey, director of the Office of National Drug ControlPolicy, argues that the importation of drugs must be stopped to reducedrug use and abuse. If the supply of drugs being trafficked acrossAmerican borders was reduced, then there would be fewer drug-relatedproblems. He maintains that a coordinated international effort isneeded to combat the increased production of heroin, cocaine, andmarijuana. Mathea Falco, president of Drug Strategies, a nonprofitpolicy institute, asserts that the emphasis should not be on curtailingthe availability of drugs but on factors that contribute to Americans'use of drugs. She notes that blaming other countries for drug-relatedproblems in the United States is one way for politicians to deflectcriticism from themselves. Moreover, she argues, people involved in thedrug trade in other countries have little incentive to end theirinvolvement. (Part contents).