Defense attorney Patrick Nightingale says decriminalization is only a step towards
addressing the real problem of disproportionate arrests in African-American and
minority communities
As Maryland is poised to become the next state to decriminalize marijuana, MD
Delegate Keiffer Jackson Mitchell and LEAP Executive Director Neill Franklin debate
whether it can end the racial disparity in drug-related arrests
Retired state police captain Leigh Maddox says that decriminalization of
marijuana is a step in the right direction, but that legalization and regulation
are needed in order to seriously reduce drug-related violence and allow
police to better serve the public
Neil Franklin: Despite opposition from police and prison guard unions, Attorney
General Eric Holder won't go after Colorado and Washington for legalizing marijuana
for recreational use
Peter Watt (author of Drug War Mexico): US policy and neo-liberal "reforms" helped create conditions for the growth of drug cartels and the impoverishment of millions
Stephen Downing,a retired deputy chief of police for the Los Angeles Police
Department and Terry Nelson, retired from Department of Homeland Security
on why they support treating addiction as a health problem and are for the
total legalization of drugs
Stephen Downing,a retired deputy chief of police for the Los Angeles Police
Department and Terry Nelson, retired from Department of Homeland Security
on why they support treating addiction as a health problem and are for the
total legalization of drugs
Jim Gierach a former Assistant State’s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois and Richard Van Wickler superintendent for the Cheshire County, New Hampshire Department of Corrections call for the legalization of drugs
Leigh Maddox and Peter Christ (members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition): The "War on Drugs"
helped create a situation where from gangs, to police to lawyers to jails, there are massive amounts of
money to be made in this never-ending "war"
Pt4 of a debate on "What would a saner drug policy look like?", Megan Sherman, who grew up in Baltimore, joins the debate between Sean Dunagan, former DEA Analyst and Kevin Sabet, former Obama Admin. Adviser
March 2, 2012
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