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louis for a while we've been talking about the failures of the american war
on drugs the overcrowding the prisons with
uh... nonviolent offenders the waste of money the lack of effectiveness and you
know that the arguments are because uh... high actually would partake in any
of the drug usage you know i don't always done constantly about my
neighbors with their marijuana smoking and it has been one of the most annoying
things happening where i live uh... period actually and i know you
experience and thingy at your uh... condo complex well
just because he doesn't want to talk about it
hi i forgot about that list
anyway in any event lewis's on this in the same boat believe me ladies and
gentlemen
portugal is celebrating the tenure interferes sorry
was not happy right now
uh... so i'm not on out beyond your
of confusion your that i was confused by portugal decriminalizing on drugs but
it's been ten years listen if we actually look at the numbers
it has been affective or successful by any measure
that we choose to use
band its
more proof that the american drug war of forty years
really i don't think we can say that it has failed period but that's far it has
been a failure
are you know if there's a difference there but it just feels a little bit
less
uh...
one-sided in some way
and it may be time for exit strategy
arguably is the longest costliest or
the u_s_ has been involved in
because as we see despite forty billion dollars spent every year
on the u_s_ drug war and five hundred thousand people behind bars on
drug-related offenses drug czar is available as ever
i don't know anyone who would disagree with that unfortunate portugal d
criminal decriminalized all drugs ten years ago
and has experienced over that ten year period
decrease drug use
among youth
falling overdose and h_i_v_-aids rates
less criminal justice
expenditures greater access to drug treatment and safer and healthier
communities overall
in two thousand one portugal decriminalizing possession of
small amounts
of a list of substances so having small amounts of drugs is no longer a criminal
offense it still against the rules
it just won't get you thrown in jail or prison it's a civil offense like a
ticket
portugal continues to punish sales and trafficking of illegal substances
illicit substances rather
in portugal this
reinvention drug policy has officers issuing citations but not arresting
people
and then there is kind of and intervention team which is not part of
the criminal justice system
which will try to dissuade individuals from drug use
what do you think about this lose any surprise that this is the effect that
it's had because many people say that if you do this to be decriminalizing all
drugs
overdosed rates
abuse rates usage rates period amongst kids will actually increase in portugal
has seen the exact opposite
yeah i mean if it works clearly it did work in portugal took that does that
mean i work here
well the cultures completely different right you're right
uh... but there are
many places around the world with the drinking age is lower
and
it does not seem to experience the adverse effects that were seen in the
u_s_ when the drinking age was temporarily lowered to eighteen in years
past
just a cultural difference do you think that make them into a difference in
terms of decriminalization of these drugs
i don't know but if possible
the other issue that we also have to discuss is
it's not like we can just fill the prisons up with nonviolent drug
offenders
with no negative repercussions and as we saw what was it six eight weeks ago we
had the story about
california being in a position where they were considering having to released
a lot of non-violent drug offenders early or rather released
some of their prisoners early and those that came to the to the forefront of the
discussion were non-violent drug offenders
if were already going to those as the first ones that we would release
in the cases of prison overcrowding if were already
thinking
and have actually for example in here massachusetts in uh... but we had the
decriminalization of marijuana small small personal use amounts
if we're already going in that direction in terms of the next step that process
there must be something to it
and the arguments against
uh... i don't even care about this to be completely honest because
hi i just i find marijuana use to be pretty annoying
uh...
then i get emails everytime i say that they that that is that's just what it is
uh... it does really seem louis like the negative effects that many people
predict are are all but non-existent
it's so hard to say with certainty roads
uh... considering
in our society
well one ron paul said
with anyone in this room start using heroin if it was legalized tomorrow and
no one put their hands up and ron paul said see nobody would use it
i completely disagree because i'd i'd do not believe that if you legalize heroin
you will not have increased use of heroin
the question is
if it's properly regulated and monitored will you have increased
usage and will you have increased overdosed rates
and that is the part that simply has not been proven by fact
but there's only one way to find out
if they were working on that storm commented but i i think i think you can
start
but say start with marijuana
at the federal federal level
perhaps even uh...
even make ah... make it
even sell it
not just decriminalization in all of the government is involved in the same way
that they regulate cigarettes reggae reggae that marijuana cells may could be
sold over the counter
i think you could start marijuana
seaward s
bullets going now
even a step further here that i was prepared to go
i mean the marijuana thing issues i think if you were to do that
i think we should be better for the world economically also there's not
going to be made
the government i mean it
can you imagine
their word there next summer for money off marijuana thank you our cigarettes
our analyst big advocate here
do you do agree yet know the kitten it would be
it would be a significant financially and that's all that that crisis i don't
know if i go there are going to make a big getting they could make a big tent
in finding out the problems there is a huge