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legalizing drugs

This past Monday, an op-ed by Peter Moskos and Neill Franklin appeared in the Washington Post advocating drug legalization. They argued that it would reduce violence (and danger to police) by reducing street-corner drug dealing.

Both were Baltimore city police officers. Not sure what Franklin is doing (he's probably retired, having spent 32 years in law enforcement), but Moskos is now teaching at John Jay college of criminal justice in NY.

I remembered that I've got a picture of him (Moskos) that I took at last fall's Baltimore Bookfair:

I remember seeinghis late father, one time, passing through an office. (Never talked to him, but I knew of his writings.) His dad was the famous military sociologist, who may be best known as the leading advocate of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.