Active Voice Radio 4-18-08: Columnist Froma Harrop- Obama, Drugs and Everyone Else

Series: Active Voice Radio
From: Chris Goldstein
Length: 00:29:29

Harrop goes over some of the other powerful politicians who have admitted past substance use...but were never arrested. Froma and Chris discuss the double standard for politicians and how they can make an anti-prohibition stance a political asset. Read the full description.
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Froma joins us today to discuss her recent column Obama Drugs and Everyone Else . In the piece she calls on Senator Obama and other presidential candidates to take a stronger stance against prohibition. Harrop goes over some of the other powerful politicians who have admitted past substance use...but were never arrested. Froma and Chris discuss the double standard for politicians and how they can make an anti-prohibition stance a political asset. http://www.creators.com/opinion/froma-harrop/obama-drugs-and-everyone-else.html