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Kansas City Anti-Drug Tax Supported
July 15, 2003

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Voters in Jackson County, Mo., will go to the polls on Aug. 5 to vote on whether to renew a local tax that provides funding for addiction treatment, prevention, and law enforcement.

The Kansas City Star reported June 13 that the Kansas City Council endorsed the renewal of the Community-Backed Anti-Drug Tax and forwarded it to voters. The tax, first approved in 1989, raises up to $18 million annually for antidrug programs.

"You'd have to be crazy to not endorse this tax," said Jackson County Prosecutor Michael Sanders.

Councilman Terry Riley said tax-funded drug courts convinced him of the value of the funding mechanism. "It motivated me to say I will do whatever I have to do so this will pass," Riley said. "It changes the lives of people. I'm on board."