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Intelligence Squared debate: Should we legalize drugs?


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From the Intelligence Squared debate series, four people debate the proposition that we should legalize drugs in the United States.

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  • YES: Paul Butler: Former federal prosecutor and professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center.
  • YES: Nick Gillespie: Editor-in-chief, Reason.tv and Reason.com
  • NO: Asa Hutchinson: Former administration, Drug Enforcement Administration, and first undersecretary, Department of Homeland Security.
  • NO: Theodore Dalrymple: Retired prison doctor and Dietrich Weismann Fellow, Manhattan Institute.

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