NY Sen. Schumer wants U.S.-Canadian border drug plan
New York Sen. Charles Schumer says he'll work to drum up support from colleagues in other northern border states for a comprehensive plan to combat drug smuggling along the U.S.-Canadian border.
Schumer says Wednesday he'll introduce legislation soon to require the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to devise and implement an anti-narcotics strategy similar to the one in place for the southern border.
He says statistics show cocaine, heroin and marijuana seizures have increased along the U.S.-Canadian border since 2007 and that the border is now the primary gateway for Ecstasy trafficked into the United States.
The legislation will be sponsored in the House by New York Rep. Bill Owens, whose district spans the top of the state.
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