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Byrne task force funds mainly financing low-grade drug enforcement

By Gritsforbreakfast

Having reviewed the new Tulia, Texas documentary yesterday, it's fitting to find quite a bit of recent drug task force related news to add context to the discussion.Off the bat, around the country the backlash is growing among drug enforcers against proposed cuts to the Byrne grant program in Congress. The Steroid Report points to a high-profile Sheriff in Michigan lashing out in a Detroit News story, criticizing grandstanding in Congress over steroids in baseball while cutting funds for the war on drugs ("Federal funding cuts may mean fewer narcotics officers on the street," March 8):[Sheriff] Bouchard said he would like to see Congress shift its interest in alleged steroid and human growth hormone use in Major League Baseball and focus more on funding the fight against drugs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 10, 2008 (boomark / email).