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...point, however, Agnew's situation may be clearly different from the President's. Explains Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz: "He is not being investigated as a Vice President but as a Governor and a private citizen, and there is no special immunity there...
...cannot be sued merely because he has the ultimate responsibility for some governmental action that is being challenged. This was designed to avoid unnecessarily disturbing him "in the performance of his duties," as one court decision put it. But this leads to a counterargument. As Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz observes, "When the President's conduct is the key issue, the President has the least viable excuse for ignoring a subpoena. This is especially true if the conduct in question is unrelated to his Executive duties. With Watergate, Nixon's action might well be construed to be unrelated...
...Dershowitz said that the current methadone rehabilitation programs have not proved successful in reducing addiction because they fail to attract addicts...
...problem with methadone programs is that heroin addiction is considered a crime, rather than a disease, Dershowitz said. As a result, he added, addicts are reluctant to come forward and enter the programs...
...proposed rehabilitation program, doctors would determine an individual's physical level of addiction and administer the necessary dose of heroin at the clinic, Dershowitz said...