Barry McCaffrey
Barry McCaffrey
Barry Richard McCaffreyis a former United States Army officer, news commentator and business consultant. He received three Purple Heart medals for injuries sustained during his service in Vietnam, two Silver Stars for valor, and two Distinguished Service Crosses — the second-highest U.S. Army award for valor. He was inducted into U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame at U.S. Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning in 2007. He served as an adjunct professor at U.S. Military Academy and its Bradley Professor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 November 1942
CountryUnited States of America
everyone understands that a team effort is needed to confront the drug crisis.
be killed suddenly, in significant numbers and without warning.
This money is aimed at helping those nations' economies, judicial systems, police and armed forces, in hopes of re-establishing the rule of law,
The medical, scientific process is open to any drug. That includes marijuana. But you have to get through a process and demonstrate scientific validity. And in this case, to be honest, I think it's nonsense. This is mostly a 'Cheech and Chong' show for the quasi-legalization of marijuana.
(Drug smuggling) has gotten immeasurably worse in the last year, and we are determined to play hardball with international drug criminals.
The heart and soul of the national effort ought to be prevention, education and treatment, ... In the last five years, we've increased our prevention budget by 52 percent, our treatment budget has gone up by a third. ... We are putting our money where our mouth is.
Through substance abuse treatment we address a profound crisis in America, reducing the associated crime, stop the stress on our health system and the drain on tax revenues by restoring productivity, and return chronic addicts to sobriety.
Experience is valuable only if it's imbued with meaning from which one can draw salient conclusions. Otherwise, experience becomes imprisoning.
So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
We've got to talk to parents who are taking their young people to an all-night rave and seeing police uniforms and believing that because it's quoted as alcohol-free that this is a safe environment. Their young people are at risk in that environment.