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Corners. in politics, just in our citizenship, there are a handful of what seemed like forever problems. things that were always getting worse. downward trends that we lived with for 20 years, 30 years, 40 years. things that only ever seemed to get worse that have now stopped getting worse and are getting better. im not talking about things that fluctuate up and down all the time but things that were like this forever and now all of a sudden theyve turned. of course, its not true of everything. ...

Now, of course, over all these years and all of these presidents and re-declarations of war, theres been no real effect on american drug use. there has just been a vast expansion of the criminal justice system. criminal justice system at its least effective and most intrusive. and it has never seemed like it would ever get any better. if you are 40 years old, say, then your life has spanned the drug war. all of your teenage years, your 20s, 30s, have been about the drug war not only existing but...

Place for crack. now, of course, over all these years and all of these presidents and redeclarations of war, theres been no real effect on american drug use. there has just been a vast expansion of the criminal justice system. criminal justice system at its least effective and most intrusive. and it has never seemed like it would ever get any better. if you are 40 years old, say, then your life has spanned the drug war. all of your teenage years, your 20s, 30s, have been about the drug war not o...

Not believing that the u.s. inspectors will be able to determine whether or not chemical weapons were used. ahead of them actually stating that seems like its got incredible chutzpa for a president who came into office who definitely won the democratic primary in part of him saying what was wrong with the rush to war in iraq and his respect for the international institutions that were flouted in the rush to that war. i find it hard to believe that this president wont wait to at least hear a we d...

The example of iraq which we heard referenced today. >> absolutely. >> that eloquent british parliamentary debate. not believing that the u.s. inspectors will be able to determine whether or not chemical weapons were used. ahead of them actually stating that seems like its got incredible chutzpa for a president who came into office who definitely won the democratic primary in part of him saying what was wrong with the rush to war in iraq and his respect for the international institutions that we...

Compared to the powdered kind of cocaine. but he rejected that recommendation and decided to keep the draconian sentencing in place for crack. now, of course, over all these years and all of these presidents and re-declarations of war, theres been no real effect on american drug use. there has just been a vast expansion of the criminal justice system. criminal justice system at its least effective and most intrusive. and it has never seemed like it would ever get any better. if you are 40 years ...

Overturn those state laws legalizing pot, thus rendering pot illegal nationwide, full stop. that is pretty much what everybody was expecting. today the justice department said they are not going to do that. in a letter to all federal prosecu prosecutors, the attorney generals office says colorado and washington effectively can move ahead with decriminalizing pot for personal use in those states. the justice department says that states need to abide by some law enforcement priorities in terms of ...

Pot illegal nationwide, full stop. that is pretty much what everybody was expecting. today the justice department said they are not going to do that. in a letter to all federal prosecutors, the attorney generals office says colorado and washington effectively can move ahead with decriminalizing pot for personal use in those states. the justice department says that states need to abide by some law enforcement priorities in terms of the way they regulate pot. things like keeping it away from kids ...

Administration but every american president to come after him for a constant sisfissian struggle against something that never got better, something that was made worse by them fighting it. jimmy carter tried to undo some of it in the 1970s but reagan ramped it up to a higher pitch than ever when he took over. the 1980s saw mandatory minimum sentencing laws passed and three-strike laws. poppy bush, george h.w. bush re-declared the war on drugs and arrest numbers related to pot shot through the ro...

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