The Drug Dilemma

The Drug Dilemma War or Peace Every American was shocked when Robert McNamara, one of the master architects of the Vietnam War, acknowledged that not only did he believe the war was, “wrong, terribly wrong”, but that he thought so at the very time he was...

Just Say No

Just Say No Our drug laws have failed. We’ve lost the so-called War on Drugs, and now it is time for a coherent and common-sense approach to the drug problem. I say this not as an ivory-tower idealist but based on my experience as a former federal prosecutor in Los...

Regulate Marijuana Like Wine

Regular Marijuana Like Wine In my public discussions about our nation’s failed and hopeless policy of marijuana prohibition, I often say that Proposition 19 actually won the election last November, but we will simply be delaying implementation for two years. I...