Bill Clinton: “Let me say that a lot of people here in this audience will be familiar with the drug courts, but one of the first ones…”

“Let me say that a lot of people here in this audience will be familiar with the drug courts, but one of the first ones in the country was established in Miami. And I happened to have, just by family accident, the exposure to it many years ago because my brother-in-law was the public defender in the drug court. So I have sat for hours on end on two different occasions in the Miami drug court. And all the people there also have to voluntarily choose to be in the drug court's jurisdiction to choose the path of rehabilitation to avoid automatic jailing of people who just got into this. And one of the parts of our crime bill that we're still struggling to preserve funding for is a small stream of money to help people establish these drug courts around the country. And you're a pretty good walking advertisement for it, and I thank you for what you've done. I wonder if any of the other panelists would like to ask Izaak a question before I go on to anyone else. Anyone have a question you want to ask him? Well, I thank you. You hang in there. [Reverend Jackson asked Mr. Prado if he was afraid that he would use drugs again. Mr. Prado responded that the program made him want to live a clean and healthy life.]”