Barack Obama actually said...

Rather than keep spending billions of taxpayer dollars on needlessly long prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, we could save money and get better outcomes by getting treatment to those who need it.

Context

The President's Weekly Address

09/25/2015

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

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