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Originally Published: 03/14/2014
Post Date: 08/15/2014
by Mary C. Piemonte
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Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, in hot debate with Peter Bensinger, President & CEO, Bensinger, DuPont & Associates, about whether to make drugs illegal or not, at the "Rethinking the War on Drugs" symposium at Northwestern Law School on Feb. 20, 2014.
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Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, in hot debate with Peter Bensinger, President & CEO, Bensinger, DuPont & Associates, about whether to make drugs illegal or not, at the "Rethinking the War on Drugs" symposium at Northwestern Law School on Feb. 20, 2014.
Bensinger, who was a former administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (1976-81), makes the case for continued prohibition of illegal drugs and use of law enforcement of drug trafficking. While Nadelmann argues with him about ending the war on drugs.
Created and produced by award-winning journalist/photographer Mary C. Piemonte.