Decriminalizing drugs in America [should we do it]

Dmitriy Shakhnevich, Esq., in conversation with Douglas Husak on the war on drugs in America, drug decriminalization, the practical effects of the war on drugs, “the prison state,” drug rehabilitation in prisons, whether current drug policy is cost-effective, comparing the war on drugs to alcohol prohibition, the impact of the war on drugs on minority communities, the connection between the drug war and criminal conviction rates in America, drug policy and the dangers to kids, how other countries have dealt with drug problems, supply reduction vs demand reduction, the financial benefits of drug decriminalization, black markets, the decriminalization of marijuana and what the future of American drug policy may look like.