Pot: Hot or Not? The Young, American Democracy, and the Drug Problem

The former “drug czar” under President George W. Bush, John P. Walters, discussed the problems emerging from marijuana usage.

“The argument that drug use is about the individual and their choices, this sort of libertarian argument, is flawed because the effects of drug use have a great ripple effect that especially impacts children. It is not an individual illness; rather, it is a cancer that eats at the relationships that hold our society together. This is precisely why the future of drug policy in the country will be so important as we move forward.”

-John P. Walters

Coverage of the event by the Observer

Editorial on the event by SCOP

Interview of the speaker by the Irish Rover