Alvin Roth

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677 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 11 May

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Now, the same set of laws

catching drug dealers and putting them in jail.

40%, a little more than 40% of our federal prisoners have drug convictions.

So, you know, we're filling our jails with these guys and we have plenty of addicts though and plenty of overdose deaths.

So the same laws that work so well against hit men aren't working so well against drugs.

So I'm not in general, so I'm not in favor of relaxing the laws against hit men.

But I am in favor of experimenting with ways to not just incarcerate but also to treat drug

drug addicts and think of how to manage that process.

And we might be able to learn from countries that have had some modest success.

I don't think any place has abolished addiction.

But think about prohibition and alcohol.

So in the 1920s and early 30s, we had a constitutional amendment that

tried to eliminate the production and sale of most alcoholic beverages in the United States.

And then we re-amended the Constitution to say, forget that.

It's now going to be up to the states again.

And so today, we haven't solved the problems of alcohol, right?

Alcohol still kills people.

And not just the people drinking.

If there's driving under the influence, it's still...

damages families.

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