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Drug War Patronage
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1992, page 2
According to an investigation by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, the Office of National Drug Control Policy which is supposed to lead the nations war on drugs has a higher percentage of political patronage jobs than any other government agency.
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Government Misconduct,
Crime.
Location:
United States of America.
The agency has 109 employees and …
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