'L.E.A.P.' of Faith?

" Hello and welcome to freedom watch your daily dose of raw liberty streaming online at foxnews.com. I'm your host judge standard -- channel here. Defending freedom defending your natural rights and defending your right to have a government that stays within the confines of the constitution. We've been covering the war on drugs or rather than failure of the war on drugs and freedom watch for the past several weeks. Our focus comes at a time when states like California and New Jersey for instance. Are grappling with the public pressure. And just pure common sense that it's finally time to legalize marijuana. And other recreational drugs in the privacy of one's home. It's also a time for the federal government to come to terms with its failure in fighting this so called war on drugs. Here with firsthand insight into this failure is Jack Cole. He retired detective lieutenant with the New Jersey State Police. Jack has a long and distinguished career in law enforcement. Indian drug enforcement education. Jack for first in the government's fight. And now he's fighting back against the government's war. Lieutenant Jack welcome of freedom watch."

" Thank you very much for having me."

" Pleasure to have you with China why should recreational drugs in the privacy of one's own home. Finally be made lawful."

" Well actually you know they were all for up until our 1914. We never had an illegal drug in this country into yeah -- And we hadn't turned into a nation of drug probably respect -- that we don't feel like. We will do that if we really legalize these drugs that they should've been all at all."

" But but the the impulse in the government. Two punish people who use and punish people. Who distribute these drugs is so strong. So overwhelming. So filled with almost limitless resources you were once part of that impulse. Why is it that the government is so aggressive. On and on punishing. Essentially harmless almost always prided behavior."

" But there's a lot of money to be made on that even before you -- start talking about the the corruption that is rampant. Because of the -- laws. But even before that. The last forty years since we started the war on drugs in 1970. We have spent well over eight trillion. Of our tax dollars on this war on drugs. And today we spent seventy billion dollars minimum every year we continuous. And what we have the show for their money. We made more than 39 billion -- the main -- the United States alone for. Nonviolent. Drug offenders -- done everything we can do to destroy their allies but as many in jail as we can possibly do which is a lot we don't have to. Point three billion people and president United States for all the but -- Half a million of them or they're for nonviolent drug effect. And despite all this despite all the displaced so -- spent all of these these lives crippled the state drives are cheap furthermore both. And therefore. Easier for children to access -- they were in 1970 what I -- by elements of undercover officer that is the very essence of the bill public policy."

" You and I. Risked his life. To entrap people and to sell you drugs so that you and your colleagues couldn't -- them my I would say. Like tenured Superior Court Judge who sent people to jail for it essentially using drugs in the privacy of their own home because we took an oath to uphold the law. And that's what the law was at the time but but you and I are not alone today in our determination that our former behavior. Was wrong and that freedom should rain or are you not. A part of a large group. A former state police former FBI former DEA former prosecutors. Even former judges like I. Who believe that this war on drugs is doomed to failure and is more based on control. Then and anything else."

" Absolutely it's called law enforcement against prohibition acronym as we both were known by we now have. Well over 15000. Members cops judges prosecutors prison wardens that -- BI DEA agents that you mentioned. That we have membership it's 76 country. People are fed up with there's not just that the United States they're fed up with this that this government intrusion around the world. And they want it to spell out by just returned from Brazil. That was going to Ramirez at the behest of the Brazilian government for five days that went down to speak to be. Brazilian commission on drugs and democracy. And they are trying to revamp their laws. They can't legalize. Because they know that if they legalize the drug in Brazil. The United States will. So. That hatch economic sanctions to that but what they're trying to going to try to do -- decriminalized. Such as they did --"

" which basically means that a look the other way one there's no physical harm to third parties as a consequence. Of the private use of the drugs is is the legalization in the United States. The linchpin the key to ending the war on drugs all around the world then lieutenant."

" It absolutely is so we were the people that started this thing for the people that investigative what's known as the nineteen -- 61. Single. Convention against dangerous road. At the United Nations send it. But as the effect of being an international treaty. -- site done by almost every country in the in the world except a couple little -- sub Pacific. And what it says basically is any drugs that are considered illegal in the United States are also considered illegal and our country. So the United States is the driving force -- broad policy around the world and they or the people we have to change."

" And why does the driving force in the United States is at some. Victorian attitude is that some. Reluctance on the part of the government to recognize that people. Should have the freedom to do what they want I mean change in your mind homestead I hate to make this comparison but I will. You can kill a baby in the warm up to the moment of birth at the doctor does that lawfully. But you can't smoke marijuana cigarette in your own house. What is the mindset. That keeps this prohibition. Going. Running spending money and destroying lives at the hands of the government."

" Well it's. As isolated a lot of money to be made. It's a very good thing for politicians to run on its very easy to say. Both for me and I it will cut drug use in the United States by 25%. For about office. People been saying that the the last forty years of course every year instead of cutting it used to be used to. Gets larger and explain how much larger. According to. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration. When we started this war based that we had to. About four million people above the age of twelve in the United States would use is illegal drugs let's say that. Well let me tell you that was 2% of their population to tell you they're telling us we have a 114. Million people above the age of twelve degrees the bill would look good. That's 46% of the population."

" I don't know I don't know what it will take for the government could learn. But I'm grateful as are most of the people watching us now for your good work lieutenant Jack call thanks very much for joining us on freedom watch is Q."