US CT: Ex-Cop: Legalize Drugs Now To Save Us From Ourselves

New Haven Advocate, 13 Jul 2011 – MANCHESTER — Last month, Connecticut decriminalized the possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana. In light of rising prison populations, gang violence and recent studies that suggest the so-called “War on Drugs” is a failed law enforcement policy, many would say the move was overdue. Like Joe Brooks.