Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150901:02:45:00
The war on drugs is not working. an estimated $51 billion is spent on that so-called war every year. and the latest statistics from the fbi show that more than 1.5 million arrests were made for drug abuse crimes making drug abuse the number one reason for an arrest in the united states. but the city of gloucester, massachusetts is trying to change all that with an innovative new program. today the white house announced that september will be national addiction recovery month. in a video that msnbc produced in partnership with upworthy.com, this is one town's story of how it's trying to fight t...