Tag: legalization

Solving Drug Crisis: Opposing Views From Former Agents Neil Woods & Derek Maltz

We have a dire drug problem in America. About 100 thousand people will die this year from a drug overdose, despite 50 years of the War on Drugs. So what’s gone wrong and how do we solve it? Our two guests have answers, but very different ones. Neil Woods spent 14 years undercover in the…


Solving the Drug Crisis: Opposing Views From Former Agents Neil Woods & Derek Maltz

We have a dire drug problem in America. About 100,000 people will die this year from a drug overdose, despite 50 years of the War on Drugs. So what’s gone wrong and how do we solve it? Our two guests have answers, but very different ones. Neil Woods spent 14 years undercover in the UK,…


African American Community Leaders Speak Against Legalizing Hallucinogens in California

African American community leaders in California held a press conference on July 8 to voice opposition to a bill that would legalize hallucinogenic drugs in the state. Senator Scott Wiener (D-Calif.) has stated that Senate Bill 519 is meant to address the war on drugs and to help veterans better access these drugs to manage…


Legalization of Cannabis Drags Chinese Nationals Into Crime

Many Chinese people have given up restaurant jobs in recent years and associated themselves with illegal marijuana ventures such as black-market trading, illicit cultivation, cross-state trafficking, and money laundering. They get pulled in with the lure of “making a fortune in the cannabis industry” and are unable to get themselves out. On July 1, 2010,…


Clearing the Smoke: A Former Presidential Adviser’s Fight Against Cannabis

Kevin Sabet has never smoked marijuana, but his life revolves around it. As a teen in Anaheim Hills, California, in the 1990s, Sabet saw problems with marijuana use among his friends. But he felt his community didn’t take it seriously and avoided talking about drugs in general. A friend of his was hit by a…