Since 1970, we've spent more than a trillion dollars on this war and all we have to show for it each year is we arrest another 1.6 million people in this country for nonviolent drug offenses. Fully half are marijuana arrests. -Jack Cole

 

Since 1970, we've spent more than a trillion dollars on this war and all we have to show for it each year is we arrest another 1.6 million people in this country for nonviolent drug offenses. Fully half are marijuana arrests.


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We're not talking about ending it because drugs are good; they're certainly not. Everybody in my organization has fought the war on drugs long and hard. What we've changed is our minds about the way we're going about (the war).

Jack Cole

The main problem that we did have was 'soft drugs,' things like marijuana.

Jack Cole

Our children for the last 10 years, it's been said in every government survey, it's easier for them to buy illegal drugs than it is to buy beer and cigarettes.

Jack Cole

When you kick in a door, all it does is alert them that someone is coming that they don't want to see.

Jack Cole

Since 1970, we've spent more than a trillion dollars on this war and all we have to show for it each year is we arrest another 1.6 million people in this country for nonviolent drug offenses. Fully half are marijuana arrests.

Jack Cole