Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Calls for Legalizing Drugs
Thu., Feb. 25, 2010 Filed in: Baltimore
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by William Hughes
At an event on Feb. 24, 2010 sponsored by Investigative Voice (investigativevoice.com) in Baltimore, Ed Norris, former Police Commissioner for Baltimore City, urged legalizing all drugs and said prohibition doesn’t work. He said, “As long as it is illegal, they’re [the drugs], going to be in demand...They’re not killing each other for the drugs. They’re killing each other for the money. And, that’s the problem... You can’t legislate morality.” Sheila Dixon, Baltimore's recently resigned mayor, also participated in the exchange of views. As a result of video difficulties, only the audio portion of this program is available.