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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.76,0:00:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What has the War on Drugs \Ndone to the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.98,0:00:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the murder and mayhem in Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.15,0:00:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Central America, so many \Nother parts of the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.100,0:00:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the global black market estimated
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.80,0:00:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at 300 billion dollars a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.38,0:00:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prisons packed in the \NUnited States and elsewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.82,0:00:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,police and military drawn \Ninto an unwinnable war
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.50,0:00:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that violates basic rights, \Nand ordinary citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.76,0:00:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just hope they don't get \Ncaught in the crossfire,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.74,0:00:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meanwhile, more people using
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.10,0:00:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more drugs than ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.36,0:00:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's my country's history \Nwith alcohol prohibition
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.66,0:00:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Al Capone, times 50.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.78,0:00:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why it's \Nparticularly galling to me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.34,0:00:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an American that we've \Nbeen the driving force
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.46,0:00:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind this global drug war.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.50,0:00:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask why so many countries criminalize
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.50,0:00:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drugs they'd never heard of,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.29,0:00:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why the U.N. drug treaties emphasize
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.32,0:00:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,criminalization over health,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.54,0:00:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even why most of the money worldwide
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.88,0:00:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for dealing with drug abuse goes not
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.55,0:01:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to helping agencies but those that punish,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.32,0:01:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll find the good old U.S. of A.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.64,0:01:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did we do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.82,0:01:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people, especially in Latin America,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.11,0:01:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think it's not really about drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.85,0:01:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a subterfuge for advancing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.01,0:01:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the realpolitik interests of the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.17,0:01:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by and large, that's not it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.53,0:01:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want gangsters and guerrillas
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.44,0:01:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,funded with illegal drug money
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.51,0:01:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,terrorizing and taking over other nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.63,0:01:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, the fact is, America really is crazy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.20,0:01:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.04,0:01:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, don't forget, we're \Nthe ones who thought
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.20,0:01:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we could prohibit alcohol.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.87,0:01:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So think about our global drug war
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.15,0:01:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not as any sort of rational policy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.88,0:01:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as the international projection
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.63,0:01:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a domestic psychosis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.11,0:01:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.16,0:01:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the good news.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.83,0:01:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's the Russians leading\Nthe Drug War and not us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.12,0:02:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most politicians in my country
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.70,0:02:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to roll back the Drug War now,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.02,0:02:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put fewer people behind bars, not more,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.83,0:02:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm proud to say as an American
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.34,0:02:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we now lead the world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.93,0:02:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in reforming marijuana policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.17,0:02:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's now legal for medical purposes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.11,0:02:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in almost half our 50 states,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.91,0:02:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,millions of people can \Npurchase their marijuana,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.27,0:02:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their medicine, in government-\Nlicensed dispensaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.19,0:02:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and over half my fellow \Ncitizens now say it's time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.27,0:02:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to legally regulate and tax marijuana
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.64,0:02:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more or less like alcohol.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.32,0:02:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Colorado and \NWashington are doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.29,0:02:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Uruguay, and others \Nare sure to follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.67,0:02:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what I do:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.16,0:02:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work to end the Drug War.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.97,0:02:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it all started growing up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.63,0:02:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a fairly religious, moral family,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.20,0:02:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eldest son of a rabbi,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.24,0:02:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going off to university where I
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.41,0:02:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smoked some marijuana
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.76,0:02:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I liked it. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.98,0:02:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I liked drinking too, but it was obvious
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.46,0:02:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that alcohol was really the\Nmore dangerous of the two,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.93,0:03:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my friends and I could get busted
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.62,0:03:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for smoking a joint.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.19,0:03:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that hypocrisy kept bugging me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.75,0:03:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I wrote my Ph.D dissertation\Non international drug control.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.69,0:03:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talked my way into the State Department.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.18,0:03:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a security clearance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.41,0:03:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I interviewed hundreds of DEA\Nand other law enforcement agents
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.37,0:03:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around Europe and the Americas,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.53,0:03:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd ask them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.76,0:03:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you think the answer is?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.38,0:03:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, in Latin America, they'd say to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.16,0:03:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can't really cut off the supply.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.98,0:03:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer lies back in the U.S.,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.53,0:03:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in cutting off the demand."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.34,0:03:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then I go back home and I talk to people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.85,0:03:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in anti-drug efforts there, and they'd say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.45,0:03:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, Ethan, you can't \Nreally cut off the demand.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.68,0:03:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer lies over there.\NYou've got to cut off the supply."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.63,0:03:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I'd go and talk \Nto the guys in customs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.24,0:03:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to stop drugs at the borders,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.60,0:03:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they'd say, "You're \Nnot going to stop it here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.82,0:03:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer lies over there,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.79,0:03:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in cutting off supply and demand."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.78,0:03:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it hit me:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.41,0:03:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody involved in this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.69,0:04:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought the answer lay in that area
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.13,0:04:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about which they knew the least.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.14,0:04:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's when I started \Nreading everything I could
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.64,0:04:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about psychoactive drugs: \Nthe history, the science,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.52,0:04:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the politics, all of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.63,0:04:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the more one read,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.95,0:04:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more it hit you how a thoughtful,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.49,0:04:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enlightened, intelligent \Napproach took you over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.85,0:04:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas the politics and laws of my country
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.36,0:04:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were taking you over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.40,0:04:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that disparity struck me as this incredible
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.19,0:04:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intellectual and moral puzzle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.38,0:04:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's probably never been
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.41,0:04:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a drug-free society.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.02,0:04:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Virtually every society
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.77,0:04:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has ingested psychoactive substances
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.17,0:04:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deal with pain, increase \Nour energy, socialize,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.79,0:04:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even commune with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.82,0:04:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our desire to alter our consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.51,0:04:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be as fundamental as our desires
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.94,0:04:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for food, companionship and sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.85,0:04:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our true challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.99,0:05:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to learn how to live with drugs
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.87,0:05:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they cause the least possible harm
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.63,0:05:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in some cases the \Ngreatest possible benefit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.84,0:05:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you something else I learned,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.91,0:05:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the reason some drugs \Nare legal and others not
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.100,0:05:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has almost nothing to do \Nwith science or health
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.96,0:05:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the relative risk of drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.79,0:05:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and almost everything to do with who uses
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.18,0:05:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who is perceived \Nto use particular drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.31,0:05:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the late 19th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.38,0:05:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when most of the drugs that\Nare now illegal were legal,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.72,0:05:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the principal consumers \Nof opiates in my country
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.44,0:05:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and others were middle-aged white women,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.24,0:05:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using them to alleviate aches and pains
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.60,0:05:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when few other analgesics were available.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.32,0:05:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And nobody thought about \Ncriminalizing it back then
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.48,0:05:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because nobody wanted to \Nput Grandma behind bars.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.48,0:05:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when hundreds of thousands of Chinese
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.94,0:05:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started showing up in my country,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.72,0:05:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working hard on the railroads and the mines
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.32,0:05:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then kicking back in the evening
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.80,0:05:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like they had in the old country
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.51,0:06:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a few puffs on that opium pipe,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.16,0:06:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's when you saw the \Nfirst drug prohibition laws
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.48,0:06:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in California and Nevada,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.28,0:06:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driven by racist fears of Chinese
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.16,0:06:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transforming white women
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.99,0:06:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into opium-addicted sex slaves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.38,0:06:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first cocaine prohibition \Nlaws, similarly prompted
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.21,0:06:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by racist fears of black men \Nsniffing that white powder
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.98,0:06:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and forgetting their proper place
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.86,0:06:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Southern society.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.81,0:06:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the first marijuana prohibition laws,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.80,0:06:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all about fears of Mexican migrants
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.87,0:06:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the West and the Southwest.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.64,0:06:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what was true in my country,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.38,0:06:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is true in so many others as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.88,0:06:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with both the origins of these laws
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.12,0:06:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their implementation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.54,0:06:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put it this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.16,0:06:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I exaggerate only slightly:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.84,0:06:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the principal smokers of cocaine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.92,0:06:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were affluent older white men
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.92,0:06:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the principal consumers of Viagra
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.91,0:06:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were poor young black men,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.80,0:06:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then smokable cocaine would be easy to\Nget with a prescription from your doctor
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.91,0:07:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and selling Viagra would get you \Nfive to 10 years behind bars.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.20,0:07:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.98,0:07:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to be a professor teaching about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.84,0:07:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm an activist, a human rights activist,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.49,0:07:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what drives me is my shame
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.25,0:07:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at living in an otherwise great nation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.43,0:07:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has less than five percent\Nof the world's population
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.21,0:07:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but almost 25 percent of the\Nworld's incarcerated population.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.84,0:07:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the people I meet \Nwho have lost someone
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.24,0:07:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they love to drug-related \Nviolence or prison
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.80,0:07:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or overdose or AIDS
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.26,0:07:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because our drug policies emphasize
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.24,0:07:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,criminalization over health.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.26,0:07:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's good people who have lost their jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.49,0:07:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their homes, their freedom, \Neven their children
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.12,0:07:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the state, not because they hurt anyone
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.59,0:07:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but solely because they chose to use one drug
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.81,0:07:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of another.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.83,0:07:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So is legalization the answer?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.18,0:07:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On that, I'm torn:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.21,0:08:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three days a week I think yes,\Nthree days a week I think no,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.40,0:08:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on Sundays I'm agnostic.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.62,0:08:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But since today is Tuesday,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.14,0:08:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me just say that legally \Nregulating and taxing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.84,0:08:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of the drugs that \Nare now criminalized
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.26,0:08:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would radically reduce \Nthe crime, violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.64,0:08:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corruption and black markets,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.37,0:08:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the problems of adulterated\Nand unregulated drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.40,0:08:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and improve public safety,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.35,0:08:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allow taxpayer resources to be developed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.56,0:08:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to more useful purposes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.77,0:08:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, look, the markets \Nin marijuana, cocaine,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.55,0:08:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heroin and methamphetamine
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.56,0:08:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are global commodities markets
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.13,0:08:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the global markets \Nin alcohol, tobacco,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.32,0:08:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coffee, sugar, and so many other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.20,0:08:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where there is a demand,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.60,0:08:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there will be a supply.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.12,0:08:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knock out one source and another
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.28,0:08:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inevitably emerges.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.99,0:08:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People tend to think of prohibition
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.37,0:08:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the ultimate form of regulation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.87,0:08:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when in fact it represents \Nthe abdication of regulation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.89,0:09:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with criminals filling the void.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.90,0:09:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why putting criminal laws and police
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.16,0:09:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,front and center in trying to control
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.38,0:09:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dynamic global commodities market
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.49,0:09:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a recipe for disaster.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.36,0:09:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we really need to do
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.53,0:09:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to bring the underground drug markets
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.90,0:09:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as possible aboveground
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.81,0:09:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and regulate them as intelligently as we can
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.88,0:09:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to minimize both the harms of drugs
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.67,0:09:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the harms of prohibitionist policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.16,0:09:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, with marijuana, that obviously means
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.73,0:09:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legally regulating and taxing it like alcohol.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.39,0:09:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The benefits of doing so are\Nenormous, the risks minimal.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.72,0:09:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will more people use marijuana?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.43,0:09:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe, but it's not going to be young people,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.40,0:09:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's not going to be legalized for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.41,0:09:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and quite frankly, they already have
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.22,0:09:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best access to marijuana.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.25,0:09:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? I think it's going to be older people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.40,0:09:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to be people in their 40s and 60s
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.56,0:10:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 80s who find they prefer a little marijuana
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.21,0:10:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that drink in the evening or the sleeping pill
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.50,0:10:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that it helps with their arthritis or diabetes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.14,0:10:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe helps spice up a long-term marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.33,0:10:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that just might be a net public health benefit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.48,0:10:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As for the other drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.85,0:10:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at Portugal, where nobody goes to jail
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.47,0:10:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for possessing drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.23,0:10:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the government's made a serious commitment
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.60,0:10:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to treating addiction as a health issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.81,0:10:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.71,0:10:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Denmark, England, where people who have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.66,0:10:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been addicted to heroin for many years
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.56,0:10:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and repeatedly tried to quit and failed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.86,0:10:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can get pharmaceutical heroin and helping services
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.72,0:10:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in medical clinics, and the results are in:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.16,0:10:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,illegal drug abuse and disease
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.23,0:10:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and overdoses and crime and arrests all go down,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.37,0:10:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,health and well being improve,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.52,0:10:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taxpayers benefit,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.26,0:10:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many drug users even\Nput their addictions behind them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.40,0:10:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at New Zealand, which recently enacted a law
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.21,0:11:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing certain recreational drugs to be sold legally
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.14,0:11:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provided their safety had been established.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.84,0:11:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look here in Brazil, and some other countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.54,0:11:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where remarkable psychoactive substance,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.60,0:11:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayahuasca, can be legally bought and consumed
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.83,0:11:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provided it's done so within a religious context.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.96,0:11:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look in Bolivia and Peru,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.96,0:11:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all sorts of products made from the coca leaf,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.75,0:11:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the source of cocaine,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.65,0:11:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are sold legally over the counter
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.27,0:11:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no apparent harm to people's public health.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.40,0:11:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, don't forget, Coca-Cola\Nhad cocaine in it until 1900,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.44,0:11:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so far as we know was no more addictive
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.41,0:11:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than Coca-Cola is today.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.46,0:11:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conversely, think about cigarettes:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.54,0:11:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing can both hook you and kill you like cigarettes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.52,0:11:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When researchers ask heroin addicts
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.59,0:11:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the toughest drug to quit, most say cigarettes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.79,0:11:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet in my country and many others,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.17,0:11:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half of all the people who were ever addicted
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.71,0:11:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cigarettes have quit
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.64,0:12:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without anyone being arrested or put in jail
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.65,0:12:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or sent to a "treatment program"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.91,0:12:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a prosecutor or a judge.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.64,0:12:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did it were higher taxes
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.94,0:12:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and time and place restrictions on sale and use
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.48,0:12:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and effective anti-smoking campaigns.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.55,0:12:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, could we reduce smoking even more
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.49,0:12:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making it totally illegal? Probably.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.83,0:12:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just imagine the drug war nightmare
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.44,0:12:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would result.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.48,0:12:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the challenges we face today
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.76,0:12:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are twofold.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.63,0:12:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is the policy challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.64,0:12:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of designing and implementing alternatives
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.32,0:12:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ineffective prohibitionist policies,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.74,0:12:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as we need to get better at regulating
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.16,0:12:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and living with the drugs that are now legal.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.42,0:12:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the second challenge is tougher,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.19,0:12:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's about us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.80,0:13:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The obstacles to reform lie not just out there
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.29,0:13:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the power of the prison industrial complex
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.45,0:13:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or other vested interests that want to keep things
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.65,0:13:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way they are,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.08,0:13:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but within each and every one of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.92,0:13:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's our fears and our lack of knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.97,0:13:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imagination that stands in the way of real reform.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.67,0:13:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ultimately, I think that boils down to the kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.24,0:13:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to every parent's desire\Nto put our baby in a bubble,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.98,0:13:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fear that somehow\Ndrugs will pierce that bubble
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.32,0:13:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put our young ones at risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.24,0:13:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, sometimes it seems like the entire
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.31,0:13:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,War on Drugs gets justified as one great big
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.97,0:13:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,child protection act,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.22,0:13:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which any young person can tell you it's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.82,0:13:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's what I say to teenagers.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.93,0:13:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, don't do drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.62,0:13:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second, don't do drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.40,0:14:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third, if you do do drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.82,0:14:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's some things I want you to know,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.37,0:14:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my bottom line as your parent is,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.41,0:14:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come home safely at the end of the night
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.39,0:14:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and grow up and lead a healthy and good adulthood.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.92,0:14:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's my drug education mantra: safety first.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.54,0:14:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is what I've dedicated my life to,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.19,0:14:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to building an organization and a movement
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.70,0:14:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people who believe we need to turn our backs
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.56,0:14:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the failed prohibitions of the past
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.61,0:14:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and embrace new drug policies grounded in science,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.30,0:14:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion, health, and human rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.74,0:14:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people who come from\Nacross the political spectrum
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.88,0:14:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every other spectrum as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.86,0:14:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people who love our drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.60,0:14:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who hate drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.94,0:14:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people who don't give a damn about drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.25,0:14:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every one of us believes that this War on Drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.68,0:14:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this backward, heartless, disastrous War on Drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.93,0:14:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has got to end.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.03,0:15:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.87,0:15:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.04,0:15:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.72,0:15:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Anderson: Ethan,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.94,0:15:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,congrats, quite the reaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.18,0:15:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a powerful talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.93,0:15:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not quite a complete standing O, though,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.23,0:15:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm guessing that some people here
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.92,0:15:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe a few watching online,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.19,0:15:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe someone knows a teenager or a friend
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.29,0:15:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever who got sick,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.50,0:15:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe died from some drug overdose.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.50,0:15:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure you've had these\Npeople approach you before.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.39,0:15:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you say to them?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.56,0:15:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ethan Nadelmann: Chris, the most\Namazing thing that's happened of late
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.74,0:15:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that I've met a growing number of people
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.98,0:15:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have actually lost a sibling or a child
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.56,0:15:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a drug overdose,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.18,0:15:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 10 years ago, those people just wanted to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.16,0:15:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let's line up all the drug dealers and shoot them
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.14,0:16:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that will solve it."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.48,0:16:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what they've come to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.78,0:16:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the Drug War did nothing to protect their kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.66,0:16:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anything, it made it more likely
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.11,0:16:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that those kids were put at risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.21,0:16:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they're now becoming part of this
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.82,0:16:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drug policy reform movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.70,0:16:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's other people who have kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.38,0:16:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one's addicted to alcohol, the other\None's addicted to cocaine or heroin,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.85,0:16:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they ask themselves the question:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.28,0:16:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why does this kid get to take one step at a time
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.60,0:16:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to get better
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.89,0:16:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that one's got to deal with jail
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.45,0:16:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and police and criminals all the time?"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.48,0:16:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So everybody's understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.95,0:16:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Drug War's not protecting anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.67,0:16:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Certainly in the U.S., you've got political gridlock
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.75,0:16:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on most issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.15,0:16:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there any realistic chance of anything
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.88,0:16:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually shifting on this issue in the next five years?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.23,0:16:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EN: It's quite remarkable. I'm getting all these calls
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.24,0:16:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from journalists now who are saying to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.13,0:16:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ethan, it seems like the only two issues
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.13,0:16:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advancing politically in America right now
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.42,0:16:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are marijuana law reform and gay marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.31,0:16:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you doing right?"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.89,0:16:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you're looking at bipartisanship breaking out
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.15,0:16:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with actually Republicans in the Congress
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.77,0:16:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and State Legislatures allowing bills to be enacted
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.84,0:17:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with majority Democratic support,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.80,0:17:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we've gone from being sort of the third rail,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.32,0:17:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most fearful issue of American politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.41,0:17:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to becoming one of the most successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.16,0:17:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Ethan, thanks so much.\NEN: Chris, thanks so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.10,0:17:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Thank you.\NEN: Thank you. (Applause)