61.   No other state in the nation has such harsh drug laws, nor does the federal government.

62.   Now, as part of his package of proposed drug laws, he is calling for what is known as determinate, or definite, sentences for drug offenders.

63.   Once the stringent Rockefeller drug laws forced hardened pushers to use children as fronts, the madness gains momentum.

64.   On the stump, he talks as much about providing health insurance to the poor and revamping harsh drug laws as he does about cutting taxes and welfare rolls.

65.   On Wednesday, Gov. George Pataki proposed softening the harsh Rockefeller-era drug laws in New York state.

66.   Others said allowing assisted suicide would somehow weaken current drug laws, and they predicted that one-fourth of all suicide attempts with drugs would fail.

67.   Pataki needs to follow through on his fading promise for campaign finance reform and his plans to redo the unfair Rockefeller drug laws.

68.   Pataki has proposed easing the drug laws, but the Democrats who control the Assembly have rejected his plans as not going nearly far enough.

69.   Others note that the issue is not a new one to Hispanics, whose leaders have long worked to change the drug laws.

70.   Perhaps the main reason Rockefeller pushed for such tough drug laws was to scare people away from the trade.