Doug Butzier on Drugs

	Doug Butzier on Drugs

Legalize marijuana & all drugs; $80B wasted on War on Drugs

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Never legalize marijuana"?

A: I'm in favor of legalizing all drugs! We spend ~$80 Billion each year in the war on drugs, which is about half of all law enforcement expenditures. Just because you think it's wrong for someone to use marijuana, doesn't give you the right to demand legislation to try and stop it. Prohibition has never worked and only breeds violent crime in our cities and in Central and South America.

Source: E-mail interview: 2014 Iowa Senate race with OnTheIssues.org , Sep 17, 2014

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