In the late 1960s and early 1970s, New York legislators faced a drug problem they feared was growing out of control. Federal statistics showed as many as 559,000 users nationwide and state police saw a 31 percent increase in drug arrests by 1972. In response Gov. Nelson Rockefeller created the Narcotic Addiction and Control Commission in 1967, aimed at helping addicts get clean. After the program proved too costly and ineffective. New York launched the Methadone(美沙酮) Maintenance Program, which similarly caused little reduction in drug use. But by 1973, calls for stricter penalties had grown too loud to ignore, prompting Albany to pass legislation that created required minimum sentences of 15 years to life for possession of four ounces of narcotics—about the same as a sentence for second -degree murder. What was troubling New York in late 1960s and early 1970s according to the passage
A. There were 559,000 drug users in the state. B. There was a 31% increase in drug use by 1972. C. It was short of money solving drug problem. D. The drug problem seemed going out of control.