53 min listen
Legalize Drugs
FromOpen to Debate
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Nov 24, 2012
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Podcast episode
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It was 1971 when President Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs." $2.5 trillion dollars later, drug use is half of what it was 30 years ago, and thousands of offenders are successfully diverted to treatment instead of jail. And yet, 22 million Americans-9% of the population-still uses illegal drugs, and with the highest incarceration rate in the world, we continue to fill our prisons with drug offenders. Decimated families and communities are left in the wake. Is it time to legalize drugs or is this a war that we're winning?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Nov 24, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
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