Comments by "" (@charlesvan13) on "Ending the Global Drug War: Voices from the Front Lines" video.

@kiastar67 Those same drugs are illegal in every country. In Asian countries they are more uptight about dope. Where I grew up, in Oregon, if you got busted, coworker or at school people would react by "you idiot you got a ticket for smoking a joint." But in Japan they'd react like you were making improvised explosive devices.
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They should have interviewed Marion Barry.
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@Nphyx The laws come down to votes. Since few voters are concerned with the for profit prisons, that cannot be the reason. Perhaps the private prisons,( I suppose it would include the public ones too) loby the representatives. But that number of votes isn't a significant precentage.
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