Kennedy’s plan for the drug crisis: A network of ‘healing farms’ - West Hawaii Today

Kennedy’s plan for the drug crisis: A network of ‘healing farms’ - West Hawaii Today

In dark blue jeans and work shirt, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood in a Texas farm field, faced a camera and outlined his plan to combat drug addiction.

Kennedy’s Plan for the Drug Crisis: A Network of ‘Healing Farms’ - Daily news Update

Though Mr. Kennedy’s embrace of recovery farms may be novel, the concept stretches back almost a century. In 1935, the government opened the United States Narcotic Farm in Lexington, Ky., to research and treat addiction. Over the years, residents included Chet Baker and William S. Burroughs (who portrayed the institution in his novel, “Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict”). The program had high relapse rates and was tainted by drug …