Deadly Pursuit

DateDecember 3 1986

Can DescriptionsMaster

AbstractSpecials: Deadly Pursuit; Mike Barnicle reports on the drug trade and police efforts to combat it in the Boston area; black screen breaks; the report begins in Dorchester with observations of police who watch drug traffickers doing what they do; the police explain why nothing is done to interrupt the activities; residents talk about Drop A Dime and other efforts to deter drug selling; then locals begin to talk about what their own experience is with drugs and arrests; getting drugs in jail, they say, is easier than on the street; police say they are trying to hold back the tide; Plainville, Massachusetts, is the focus of a segment on the prevalence of drugs everywhere; users talk about what sorts of things they did and the money they spent to get and use drugs; John Coleman is interviewed about enforcement efforts; organizations are created around drug distribution; Triple X Corporation is described; the police say that they believe someone else will just take over where Triple X left off; a pilot talks about how he started smuggling, and how easy it is to use the airfields in New England; the coastline is equally porous; Bolivian drug imports are described; domestic marijuana growing is noted; taskforce efforts in drug units are discussed; sentences for drug offenses are described; the legalization of marijuana is discussed; that trend is compared to the legalization of alcohol;

OtherIn the studio Chris Stirling, Kathy McKenna, Myles Gordon, Rodney Grace, Bob Oliver, Alice Daly, Ellen Boyce, Lisa Borge, Bob Hakkila, Scott Philbrick, Bill Dawson, Doug DeVitt, Dave Teixeira, Frank Firnschild, Judy Carroll, MiriamHirschlog, Susan Cushing, Mike Travaglini, Gerri Powers, Mary Foley, Judy Stoia, Paul LaCamera;