Drug gangs move into rural US states

Title

Drug gangs move into rural US states

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

4 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:31

Description

Paul Woodley reports on a new survey conducted by the US government which shows that America is losing the war against drugs war. The drugs scourge, as President George Bush describes it, has spread out of the big cities and is now affecting smaller towns and rural areas. Includes statements by Attorney General Dick Thornburgh; William Bennett, drugs tsar; Customs Commissioner, William von Raab.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; William Bennett; William von Raab; Richard Thornburgh

Keywords

USA; Reports; Government; Campaigns; Illegal drugs

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