Eric Sterling Anti Fascist, was counsel to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-1989 and participated in the passage of the mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Currently, he is Co-Chair of the American Bar Association, Committee on Criminal Justice, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities.
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Moral High Ground is a one hour examination of the horrific failure of drug prohibition. Features in depth interviews with experts in law enforcement, medicine, reform, treatment and international involvement. Every day of the week, we prove the drug war is controlled by devious criminals. Moral High Ground programs are also trimmed to a 29:00 length and then issued as a separate half hour programs titled Cultural Baggage |
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Clay Conrad author Jury Nullification, Juries have been delivering independent verdicts in the interest of justice for over 800 years, serving as the final check on government's power to pass unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws that leave citizens at the mercy of sometimes jaded or corrupt courts and legislatures.

Stephen Downing began his 20-year police career in a squad car and finished as a deputy chief of police. As Commander of the Bureau of Special Investigations at one point, the Administrative Narcotics Division was one of the divisions within his scope of authority.

Beto O'Rourke the former Congressman from Texas joins us to discuss drug war failure, mayhem and death at the border, abortion rights, LGBGTQ rights and rise of Fascism in the USA. Plus: Howard Wooldridge, founding member of LEAP, international expert on the drug war and an opponent of Trumps insane policies.

Dr. Nathan P. Jones is an Associate Professor of Security Studies in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University. He is the author of Mexico's Illicit Drug Networks and the State Reaction (2016) with Georgetown University Press.

Maia Szalavitz opinion in the NY Times: It's Not Just About Pot. Our Entire Drug Policy Needs an Overhaul. Ms.
Philippe Lucas PhD is a Research Affiliate at the Michigan Psychedelic Center (UMich) and a lifelong cannabis and psychedelic researcher and patient access advocate. Philippe was a founding Board member of the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies Canada and co-founder of the Victoria Association of Psychedelic Studies.

Cliff Schaffer established the world's largest online library of research into the drug laws at http://www.druglibrary.org. The reason I established the site is simply because I had read some of the major research on our drug laws and I just became astounded at their stupidity. There is no other area in which the law is so completely out of touch with the available research.
