Clinton Slams Drug War in New Documentary
Not much he can do about it now
A new documentary takes viewers through 40 years of what it calls a failed drug war, featuring the voices of two former presidents who say America's drug policies are all wrong
Breaking the Taboo, which debuts Friday and whose trailer already has 200,000 views on YouTube, is narrated by actor Morgan Freeman, who lauds people like former president Bill Clinton who "have had the guts to change their minds." During the Clinton administration, drug budgets, marijuana arrests and the numbers of those sent to prison on drug charges all spiked.
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there was this scene on 'the west wing' where one former president said to president bartlett..."at least in the end we were asking the right questions."
that line always infuriated me.especially since the onyl thing keeoing you from getting it right the first time around had nothing to do with lack of intelligence or information.