It appears that a top elected official in Washington, D.C. might support legalizing cocaine and heroin in addition to marijuana, which is already legal in the nation’s capital.

In a Friday appearance on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine seemed to agree with a caller who said that making drugs illegal violates liberty and causes public health and safety harms.

During a segment about the District of Columbia’s efforts to crack down on synthetic cannabinoids sold under brand names like Spice or K2, one caller brought up the overall debate about drug prohibition, saying that banning drugs is a “civil liberties issue, and when people want to consume substances that alter their state of consciousness they should be allowed to. Now, if you didn’t have such a crackdown on drugs like marijuana, cocaine and heroin, there wouldn’t even be a market for synthetic drugs.” (These remarks occur at about 12 minutes in to the segment linked above.)

Racine responds by saying:

“I respect the caller’s perspective and in many ways I agree with the caller’s central point. Namely, that law enforcement and overcriminalization of drug laws can cause more harm to society than benefit…. With respect to chemical drugs [like synthetic cannabinoids], the recipe is clear. We know what’s going to happen when people ingest it. It’s not just merely a personal use and two adults not harming anyone. Violence as to innocent people occurs… With respect to legalization of other substances, including marijuana, I think that the caller makes an excellent point.”

After some discussion about D.C.’s marijuana laws, C-SPAN host Peter Slen follows up to directly ask, “Just to be real clear, do you think that the cocaines and the heroins, et cetera, all the other drugs that we’re pretty familiar with, should they be legalized as well, …read more

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