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Judge James P. Gray

No one, absolutely no one is even remotely talking of increasing young people’s access to harmful drugs. But what we are doing simply isn’t working. The way things are now, young people tell me it’s easier for them to find marijuana or cocaine than it is alcohol..The War on Drugs isn’t winnable, but it’s fundable…It’s not only the Drug Enforcement Administration’s nearly $20 billion annual budget but government agencies of every kind receive extra funding for drug enforcement…things must change; it is impossible to have both a free society and a drug-free society. We will have drugs; either with drug lords or without them. The answer is to hold people accountable for their actions, as we do with alcohol. And let’s get rid of this enormous and expensive bureaucracy. If you really think about it, most drug related problems stem from drug prohibition; not drugs.

Jim Wood, Coast Magazine Interview - Judge James P. Gray, (June 2001) Vol. 10 No. 7.
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