The United States Department of Agriculture has become a symbol of public dissatisfaction with the federal government because of a suspicion that taxpayers are paying more for fewer, less efficient services. The image of USDA as an inefficient and unresponsive organization is epitomized by the...

Illegal drugs have enormous significance for world trade, consumer safety, and the social and natural environment. Thus, drug policy is one of the principal policy choices society faces as the new century approaches. Numerous skirmishes in the War on Drugs are being fought on an agricultural...