Why we need to end the War on Drugs

Title:: Why we need to end the War on Drugs
Speaker:: Ethan Nadelmann
Description:: Is the War on Drugs doing more harm than good? In a bold talk, drug policy reformist Ethan Nadelmann makes an impassioned plea to end the "backward, heartless, disastrous" movement to stamp out the drug trade. He gives two big reasons we should focus on intelligent regulation instead.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 17:26

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