War on Drugs

We begin the second hour with a special repeat broadcast of our show earlier this year on the War on Drugs, as we talk with author Dan Baum about his article in Harper’s magazine, “Legalize It All: How to win the war on drugs, which discusses how the Nixon administration’s ‘War on Drugs’ was started to attack Black people and the anti-war left.” Baum has been a staff writer for The New Yorker, as well as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The Asian Wall Street Journal, andThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His books include: Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and The Politics of Failure and Gun Guys: A Road Trip.

We close the show with the current state of the War on Drugs, with Retired Maj. Neill Franklin, former Baltimore and Maryland State Police officer and Executive Director of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).