International statesmen and some law enforcement officials have long declared that the "War on Drugs" is a failure. American politics appear to be catching up. Last week, after President Obama told the New Yorker magazine that pot was no worse than alcohol, there was an almost deafening silence from Republican critics. In fact, GOP Governors Bobby Jindal and Rick Perry are talking up medical use and decriminalization, as even red states get on the bandwagon. Polls show more than half of Americans favor outright legalization, although even some long-time critics of the war on drugs warn that's going too far, and the Obama Administration is speaking with more than once voice. We look at the fast-changing, increasingly complicated politics of marijuana.
Is There a Bipartisan Ceasefire in the War on Drugs?
Credits
Guests:
- Reid Wilson - The Hill - @PoliticsReid
- Ana Yanez-Correa - Texas Criminal Justice Coalition - @txcjc
- Mark Kleiman - New York University - @MarkARKleiman
- Jacob Sullum - Reason magazine - @jacobsullum