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Going to prison if they do. >> i think we can agree that the war on drugs does not work, but we also know from the 1890s that totally unregulated use of drugs leads to devastating results, which is where part of the food and drug act came from. i think tonight's discussion will be interesting. two terrific guests tonight. i must say personal friend, patrick kennedy, an advocate for brain research, and alan st. pierre, the executive of normal, the national organization for reform of marijuana laws. patrick, you've been up with the country about t. you've also become a real leader in brain resea...

People all to pay fines, if they do something wrong, they all to go to jail, but frankly that we'll be selling the stuff at cvs and kroger's, walgreen's should frighten all of us. >> in your or my lifetime tobago use has been cut in half. we didn't destabilize the border. we didn't have a 9:1 ratio, where you and i grew up in massachusetts, 13:1. >> it took a long time. >> but we can achieve the stated goal without using the brutal criminal justice system. >> you mentioned pee tests. with the questions are coming. they're coming. should company be allowed to test people before they hire them? ...

To rethink it? >> because this is described rightly as an experiment. these two states have been given the ability to do this. if we saw a dramatic increase, that they were having access to potent products. we have these concerns regarding almost any product that children could have access to. the other concern to me -- >> i appreciate that, allen. frankly, i don't think a lot of public knows about this candy stuff or the vending machines that we ran into when we had tobacco products. >> are you in favor of vending machines for these edibles? >> not for recreational use. however, i want to mak...

Moment, all -- we could go back to the 1890s when all sorts of dangerous drugs were legal and the use was widespread and out of control. allen, i want to ask you, from your perspective -- not your organization's perspective, but from your personal perspective, what would do you with heroin, cocaine? >> i'm a big supporter of harm reduction, the notion if you use or sell or produce the so-called hard drugs, if you interface with police, you should have an option for treatment, jail, prison should not be the first -- >> the so-called hard drugs? what do you mean? meth is not is so-called hard dr...