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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Drug Policy
Drug Policy
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Burning heroin on a spoon. (Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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(Laura Lezza/Getty Images)
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A student prepares a cigarette with tobacco and marijuana during a school trip, May 20, 2004. (Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)
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Supporters of Prop 19, a marijuana legalization initiative, rally on the steps of Oakland City hall in Oakland, November 2, 2010.(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Members of the Mexican Army carry boxes with heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine to be incinerated at a military base in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, on August 23, 2013. (Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP/Getty Images)
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(Godong/UIG via Getty Images)
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The Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, California, June 14, 2005. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Experts
David W. Murray
Senior Fellow
