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Would Legalizing Drugs Create US Addiction Epidemic?
Published : 31-12-2014 - Duration : 02:33 - View : 3
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Would Legalizing Drugs Create US Addiction Epidemic?
Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates - Kaufman Center
Intelligence Squared US hosts a debate on whether the United States should legalize drugs.
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?
*Panelists subject to change
FOR THE MOTIONPaul Butler
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Paul Butler is a leading criminal law scholar and current
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