25 November 2005  1,000 Feet as a Crow Flies       K. Scott
said...  In the case you note, they specifically arrested people
dealing to kids. But what if a city that had the 'zones', but
among all the arrests withint the zone (and its about 75% of the
city) there were arrested none who were cited as dealing to
kids? Wouldn't one suspicion the zone had demonstrated no
meeting of its purpose, but a GREAT showing of enhanced
sentences for urban street dealers (predominantly African
American)?  The 'zones' are failures in reality.  Ken Lammers
said...  75% of a city is within 1,000 feet of a school? Must be
some sort of Utopia.  In general, the anti-drug programs in
place have been failures. There's never a decrease in supply; at
least my clients never have trouble getting anything they want.
There has been a massive increase in the legal system (courts,
attorneys, law enforcement) which all revolves around drug
activity. Our civil rights have been trashed - especially the
4th Amendment - because dealers and user