Kat Murti: How To End the Drug War for Good – Reason

Today's guest isKat Murti, the new executive director ofStudents for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), the country's oldest and most influential student group challenging the war on drugs. Before taking the helm at SSDP, Kat was a longtime staffer at the libertarianCato Institute, a founder ofFeminists for Liberty, and an SSDP chapter head at the University of California, Berkeley, where she attended undergrad. Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with Murti about the role that young people in particular can play in ending prohibition, why marijuana has yet to be legalized at the federal level, and whether Donald Trump and Republicans or Joe Biden and Democrats are actually worse when it comes to drug policy reform.

This interview was taped live at an event cosponsored by The Psychedelic Assemblyin midtown Manhattan.

00:00:00Introduction

00:02:03What is Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)?

00:05:59The Drug War is far from over

00:08:45Don't let politicians get away with empty legalization promises

00:10:45What's the best legalization model?

00:16:26How do we activate the youth vote?

00:19:10Harm reduction vs. prohibition

00:22:51Drug education and safety

00:26:33ALL of us are on drugs

00:27:17The Rat Park Experiment

00:29:30How to make safe injection sites Work

00:34:48SSDP & psychedelics

00:40:50Shifting attitudes toward drug legalization

00:46:45Kat Murti's career in drug policy

00:49:19How to pursue drug policy wins despite polarization

00:51:19Audience Q&A

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Kat Murti: How To End the Drug War for Good - Reason