Greg Barns - Greg Barns is an author, political commentator and barrister.
He was an advisor to NSW Premier Nick Greiner and also for the Howard Government. He is also a spokesperson for the Prison Action and Reform Group.
Michael Duffy - Michael Duffy is an Australian radio presenter and newspaper columnist. He presents the Counterpoint program on ABC Radio National.
He was originally hired in an attempt by Radio National management to find, in the words of Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a "right-wing Phillip Adams."
Norm Stamper - Norm Stamper is the former Chief of the Seattle Police Department.
He is an advisory board member for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and is the author of Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Expose of the Dark Side of American Policing.
Alex Wodak - Dr. Alex Wodak is the Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.
He is also President of the International Harm Reduction Association and the author of Drug Prohibition: A Call for Change.
Although the media sporadically reports on major narcotic raids, the general consensus about the war on drugs is that small battles will not win this war. Despite all the money spent on drug enforcement worldwide, illicit drugs are still relatively cheap and widely available. Increasingly drugs are being viewed as a social problem rather than strictly a legal one.
So is it time to rethink traditional approaches to the illegal drug industry? Countries like Portugal and Argentina are forging ahead with drug reforms, but will Australia follow suit?
In this panel from the provocative Festival of Dangerous Ideas the argument is put forward that decriminalization and regulation would be the best solution to addressing the problems associated with drugs.
you want to win the war on drugs go after the people who made life so boring and mindless that you want to inject toxins into your body to get away from it ,the people who made you happy to work 10 hrs a day 5 days a week to enjoy 2 , the people who raised taxes so much the dollar is worth 4 cents compared to 1913 , the people who profited off human misery . aka the Rothschild , Rockefeller , the Bilderberg group , they have destroyed everything good , the people who produce depleted uranium munitions , the people who send poor family's kids to fight war for profitable military industrial machine , the world is polluted because we allowed corporations to have human rights , the lobby groups who manipulate everything for a agenda that serves no purpose only to destroy life's dreams of being able to raise a family with out Baxter international injecting them with cowardly toxins . there is no end to the list now .
If you think that life is so boring and mindless today for the average Western person please read a history book or travel to a country that is not as rich as a Western country. Also, you might want to and one more adjective : hard.