Marijuana is not not harmful, but is the least harmful psychoactive substance that we have, with the possible exception of caffeine.

A lot of the stuff that we say about drugs is just wrong.

I know that sounds really extreme, but if you just look at the history, you will find Harry Anslinger [first U.S. commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics] going on about satanic swing and how reefer will make black people think they're as good as white people - which to him, obviously, was a very horrible outcome. This is the basis of our drug laws.

I think our drug laws need to be made scientifically, as best as possible, recognizing that values will always be part of that.

Marijuana is not not harmful, but is the least harmful psychoactive substance that we have, with the possible exception of caffeine.

In a criminal justice setting, it's very hard to create a therapeutic environment where people do feel safe, but the real important thing to do is to do your best to do that.

We have a system that was devised by racists to create racist ends.