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If You Care About Ending the Drug War, Watch This

by smorgan, November 16, 2009, 08:52pm

For the many of you who weren't able to attend the International Drug Policy Reform Conference, here's Ethan Nadelmann's opening speech:



Wow.
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Hot damn!

by Anonymous (not verified), November 16, 2009, 09:57pm

Go get 'em Ethan! That made my day. :)

What an awesome speach.

by K. (not verified), November 17, 2009, 06:24am

What an awesome speach. Thank you !

His faith in Obama is misplaced

by Moonrider, November 17, 2009, 01:38pm

His faith in Democrats is just as misplaced, none of the people he mentions are going to help. They may occasionally talk as though they will help, but they are all bought and paid for, and in the end they will let anyone who has faith in them so down they'll feel slammed, as in a take down by the cops. Don't have any faith in the Republicans, either, it is obvious none of them will help with this. Ethan is blinded by the politicians' doublespeak, those in power are content with the status quo and will maintain that status quo for as long as we allow them to do so.

I'm pro-choice on EVERYTHING!

PS

by Moonrider, November 17, 2009, 01:39pm

It's spelled "speech".

I'm pro-choice on EVERYTHING!

Fantastic. Fantastic!

by Anonymous (not verified), November 19, 2009, 07:52pm

Fantastic. Fantastic!

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