Jacob Sullum: Chuck Schumer's Bogus Heroin Cure

Throwing good money after bad.         Last month Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) asked for "an emergency $100 million surge" in federal funding "to quickly combat the fact that New York City has become the hotbed for the East Coast heroin trade." Schumer declared that "heroin trafficking and usage are at epidemic levels," adding that    ... MORE