02/14/2018
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"The only reason I mention that, you know, when you go back and look at a law, there is a reason that laws exist, and history sometimes will say that was a dumb reason."
"If we change the law to do away with what appears to be an injustice, that you get so much more punishment for one type of cocaine versus the other, and it has such a disparate effect in terms of our ..."
"I believe that enforcement is very important to addressing this problem. But I also believe that prevention works, and I also believe that treatment works."
"One last question. If we change the law or we change the sentencing to be more balanced and, quite frankly, fair given powder cocaine, do you worry that we send the wrong message?"