A Sinister Plot or Victim of Politics?

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A Sinister Plot or Victim of Politics?

Eliot Marshall

When the Bush Administration proposed a "violence initiative" 8 years ago, it touched off a battle over racism and psychiatry. In particular, a proposed meeting on the genetics of crime sparked accusations that it was part of a government conspiracy to dope up inner city kids on psychoactive drugs.

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