Treatment is not now available for almost half of those who would benefit from it. Yet we are willing to build more and more jails in which to isolat… - William F. Buckley Jr.

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Treatment is not now available for almost half of those who would benefit from it. Yet we are willing to build more and more jails in which to isolate drug users even though at one-seventh the cost of building and maintaining jail space and pursuing, detaining, and prosecuting the drug user, we could subsidize commensurately effective medical care and psychological treatment.

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About William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley, Jr. (November 24 1925 - February 27 2008) was an American author, conservative journalist, who founded the conservative political magazine National Review in 1955 and hosted the television show Firing Line from 1966 until 1999.

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Native Name: William Frank Buckley, Jr.
Alternative Names: William Frank Buckley Jr. William Frank Buckley William F. Buckley, Jr.
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