as if he had nothing else to try to "fix"..and wheres the $$$coming from????
Bush Presses Anti-Drug Proposals
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By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites), preparing to unveil an anti-drug strategy, on Saturday championed his budget proposals to increase drug testing in schools, help more communities run prevention programs and pay for treatment through religious groups for more low-income addicts.
Bush, previewing it in his weekly radio address, offered no sign that the report would contain any new initiatives or involve a wholesale revamping.
Instead, he trumpeted gains in the anti-drug war that were outlined in a government survey of drug use among American teenagers released in December and described anti-drug proposals contained in the spending request he sent to Congress in February.
Those proposals include increasing funding to $23 million from the current $2 million for schools that want to use drug testing to expand early intervention programs, adding $10 million for local coalitions working on prevention efforts, and doubling to $200 million the funding for the government's "Access to Recovery" program that helps addicts afford professional care.
The drug-testing plan has drawn sharp criticism from some parents, school administrators and civil liberties activists.
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