Sociologist Thomas Sowell once said that the difference between a policy and
a crusade is that a policy is judged by it's results, but a crusade is
judged by how good it makes the crusaders feel.  It's becoming hard to refer
to what we do with regard to drugs in America as a policy.  What we have is
clearly a jihad.  A holy war with no basis in logic or sense.  No interest in
results or costs.  No concern that the medicine may be far worse than the
disease. Why is it so hard for us to see this and reconsider how we handle
these drugs in America?

Nicolas Eyle
Op-ed, Syracuse Newspapers
August 23, 2001