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Is the US losing the "war on drugs"?

By Dan Modlin

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkyu/local-wkyu-967637.mp3

Bowling Green, Ky – As the US war on drugs continues in Latin America, those who raise the crops used to make drugs are adapting to law enforcement. That's the conclusion of a university researcher who specializes in the study of the subject. Dr. William Aviles of the University of Nebraska-Kearney says people in rural areas of Colombia, for example, quickly adapt when authorities try to stop drug production. He spoke to our Dan Modlin.