Dole Seeks To Make Points in Proposing Anti-Drug and -Crime Plan

Bob Dole spent last week talking up his proposed crime- and drug-control strategy, including a plan he says will reduce teenage drug use by 50 percent.

Mr. Dole unveiled the strategy in a speech at Villanova University outside Philadelphia. He followed that with an address in California challenging the fashion, music, and film industries to "stop the commercialization of drug abuse."

For weeks, the GOP presidential nominee and fellow Republicans have criticized President Clinton over the rise in teenage drug use in recent years. The series of speeches and events last week was designed to capitalize on the president's perceived...