Rick Lazio on Drugs Former Republican/Conservative Representative (NY-2)

Vote helped pass crime bill, drug courts, community police

CLINTON: I have spoken out on my belief that we should have drug courts that would serve as alternatives to the traditional criminal justice system for low-level offenders. If the person comes before the court, agrees to stay clean, is subjected to drug tests once a week, they are diverted from the criminal justice system. We need more treatment. It is unfair to urge people to get rid of their addiction and not have the treatment facilities when people finally makes up their minds to get treatment.

LAZIO: The truth is that under the Clinton administration, there has been a dramatic and troubling increase in drug abuse by our children. And that has not been addressed. I crossed party lines in 1994 and built a coalition of Republicans that passed the crime bill. If it were not for that, we would not have drug courts right now. We would not have community policing. We need to have somebody in Washington who has the ability to get the job done.

Supports Weed and Seed anti-drug program

Stricter penalties for drugs; more funding & border security

Lazio supports the following principles regarding drugs:
• Impose mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
• Strengthen current laws dealing with non-controlled substances, including inhalants and commercially available pills.
• Increase funding of federally-sponsored drug education and drug treatment programs.
• Increase funding for border security to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S.

Voted YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC.