New Issue Brief from the Baker Institute Drug Policy Program:

"Houston Area Law Enforcement Leaders Favor Drug Policy Reform."

Former Chief of the Houston Police Department Charles McLelland, current Chief Art Acevedo, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, and Harris County District attorney Kim Ogg explain why they and most law enforcement leaders in the area believe the War on Drugs has been a failure; what reforms are needed, particularly with regard to marijuana; how new policies inaugurated by D.A. Ogg will work; and what is needed to bring about further changes.

"It is a heartening set of comments from the fourth largest city and third largest county in the country. Perhaps their unanimity with provide a rationale for LE leaders in other cities to develop similar policies and serve as a rationale that legislators can provide to their constituents," says William Martin, Ph.D., Director, Drug Policy Program.